Posted by flamer die.spam@hotmail.com on 12/04/06 02:03

Adam Scheinberg wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> This is my first post and I'm wondering if someone can point me in the
> right direction. I have seen the following code MANY times in programs
> and throughout the internet:
>
> <?php
> echo '<pre>';
> print_r($array);
> echo '</pre>';
> ?>
>
> As a result, I often create a function called print_r_pre() in my code
> to mimic this during development, which is highly useful in
> interpreting large arrays. It seems, though, that when using
> print_r(), mostly people would *usually* want this behavior (and not
> just in the source code).
>
> I would like to suggest to develpers one of three things:
>
> 1. Most desirable: the introduction of a new function, print_r_pre()
> which takes the same arguments as print_r().
> 2. Secondly: add a third argument to print_r(), which allows you to use
> print_r($array,0,1) or somesuch.
> or
> 3. The least desirable: change the default behavior of this function to
> spit <pre> tags
>
> My problem is, I'm not sure how to do this - do I do this on the
> internals mailing list? The general php list?
>
> Can anyone point me in the right direction?
>
> A

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