PHP/Development/Debug

A Function to Format Debugging Messages

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<?php function debug( $line, $msg ){

   static $calls = 1;

print "

---

\n";

   print "DEBUG $calls: Line $line: $msg
";
   $args = func_get_args();
   
   if (  count( $args ) % 2 )
       print "Odd number of args
";
   else{
       for ( $x=2; $x< count($args); $x += 2 ){
           print "&nbsp  \$$args[$x]: ".$args[$x+1];
           print " .... (".gettype( $args[$x+1] ).")
\n";
       }
   }

print "

---

<p>

\n";

   $calls++;

} $test = 55; debug( __LINE__, "First message", "test", $test ); $test = 66; $test2 = $test/2; debug( __LINE__, "Second message", "test", $test, "test2", $test2 ); ?>

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