PHP/Data Type/var dump
Outputting an Array As a Tree
<?php
$customers= array(
array("first" => "Bill", "last" => "Jones",
"age" => 24, "state" => "CA"),
array("first" => "Joyce", "last" => "Johnson",
"age" => 21, "state" => "TX"),
);
printf("print_r():<pre>%s</pre>", print_r($customers, TRUE));
printf("var_export():<pre>%s</pre>", var_export($customers, TRUE));
print "var_dump():<pre>";
var_dump($customers);
print "</pre>";
?>