My personal minimalistic var_dump function

var_dump.php

<?php

function vd($var, $return=false)
{
    $s = var_export($var, true);
    $s = preg_replace( '/[^[:print:]]/', '',$s);
    $s = preg_replace('#[ ]+#', '', $s);
    $s = str_replace(array('array(', ')', '=>', ',]'), array('[', ']', ':', ']'), $s);

    if ($return) return $s;        

    echo $s;
}

?>