gistfile1.php

<?php
    /**
     * Logs messages/variables/data to browser console from within php
     *
     * @param $name: message to be shown for optional data/vars
     * @param $data: variable (scalar/mixed) arrays/objects, etc to be logged
     * @param $jsEval: whether to apply JS eval() to arrays/objects
     *
     * @return none
     * @author Sarfraz
     */
     function logConsole($name, $data = NULL, $jsEval = FALSE)
     {
          if (! $name) return false;

          $isevaled = false;
          $type = ($data || gettype($data)) ? 'Type: ' . gettype($data) : '';

          if ($jsEval && (is_array($data) || is_object($data)))
          {
               $data = 'eval(' . preg_replace('#[\s\r\n\t\0\x0B]+#', '', json_encode($data)) . ')';
               $isevaled = true;
          }
          else
          {
               $data = json_encode($data);
          }

          # sanitalize
          $data = $data ? $data : '';
          $search_array = array("#'#", '#""#', "#''#", "#\n#", "#\r\n#");
          $replace_array = array('"', '', '', '\\n', '\\n');
          $data = preg_replace($search_array,  $replace_array, $data);
          $data = ltrim(rtrim($data, '"'), '"');
          $data = $isevaled ? $data : ($data[0] === "'") ? $data : "'" . $data . "'";

$js = <<<JSCODE
\n<script>
     // fallback - to deal with IE (or browsers that don't have console)
     if (! window.console) console = {};
     console.log = console.log || function(name, data){};
     // end of fallback

     console.log('$name');
     console.log('------------------------------------------');
     console.log('$type');
     console.log($data);
     console.log('\\n');
</script>
JSCODE;

          echo $js;
     } # end logConsole