PHP function to generate a human readable call trace.

generateCallTrace.php

<?php
/**
 * generateCallTrace() function
 * 
 * A function for getting a nice and comprehensible call trace. 
 * It is probably more resource-intensive than some other alternatives but it is short, 
 * understandable, and gives nice output (Exception->getTraceAsString()).
 *
 * @package    generateCallTrace
 * @version    1.0
 * @author     jurchiks101 at gmail dot com
 * @copyright  2014 jurchiks101 at gmail dot com
 * @link       https://secure.php.net/manual/en/function.debug-backtrace.php#112238
 */
function generateCallTrace()
{
    $e = new Exception();
    $trace = explode("\n", $e->getTraceAsString());
    // reverse array to make steps line up chronologically
    $trace = array_reverse($trace);
    array_shift($trace); // remove {main}
    array_pop($trace); // remove call to this method
    $length = count($trace);
    $result = array();
   
    for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++)
    {
        $result[] = ($i + 1)  . ')' . substr($trace[$i], strpos($trace[$i], ' ')); // replace '#someNum' with '$i)', set the right ordering
    }
   
    return "\t" . implode("\n\t", $result);
}
/*
Example output:
    1) /var/www/test/test.php(15): SomeClass->__construct()
    2) /var/www/test/SomeClass.class.php(36): SomeClass->callSomething()
*/
?>