PHP Dev Helpers

php_helpers.php

<?php
function pp() {
	$msg = __v_build_message(func_get_args());
	echo '<pre style="white-space:pre-wrap; text-align: left; '.
		'font: normal normal 11px/1.4 menlo, monaco, monospaced; '.
		'background: white; color: black; padding: 5px;">'.$msg.'</pre>'; 
}
function dp() {
	$msg = __v_build_message(func_get_args(), 'var_dump');
	echo '<pre style="white-space:pre-wrap;; text-align: left; '.
		'font: normal normal 11px/1.4 menlo, monaco, monospaced; '.
		'background: white; color: black; padding: 5px;">'.$msg.'</pre>'; 
}
function ep() {
	$msg = __v_build_message(func_get_args());
	error_log('**: '.$msg);
}

function __v_build_message($vars, $func = 'print_r', $sep = ', ') {
	$msgs = array();
	
	if (!empty($vars)) {
		foreach ($vars as $var) {
			if (is_bool($var)) {
				$msgs[] = ($var ? 'true' : 'false');
			}
			elseif (is_scalar($var)) {
				$msgs[] = $var;
			}
			else {
				switch ($func) {
					case 'print_r':
					case 'var_export':
						$msgs[] = $func($var, true);
						break;
					case 'var_dump':
						ob_start();
						var_dump($var);
						$msgs[] = ob_get_clean();
						break;
				}
			}	
		}
	}
	
	return implode($sep, $msgs);
}