Thanks! Marking as tested working for Taylor to consider, +1 from me :)

I wonder if it would be worth to also do a is_array check and use print_r in that case.

Also if it's an integer we could draw ascii hearts to represent the number.

<3 <3 <3 <3

One helper to rule them all!

Check for the xdebug extension, when not present, hide the output and link to the installation page

Hang on, mine is already formatted all sexy like. Am I missing something here?

That's because you probably have xdebug installed =) btw, the dd method should use func_get_args too, i end up using die(var_dump($when, $i, $want, $to, $check, $more, $than, $one, $variable));

Ah that would explain the sexiness. Then yes, everyone must have xdebug. :P

+1 for Koen's suggestion too, handy since at the moment I do something like this...

var_dump($something);
var_dump($variable);
dd($lastone);

wouldn't call_user_func_array('var_dump', $args) a better solution here?

Couldn't you put it all on the one line as well. Because I love saving space.

function dd()
{
    echo "<pre>", call_user_func_array('var_dump', func_get_args()), "</pre>";

    die;
}

I am afraid it is not possible to pass func_get_args() in as an argument, it has to "live" in the function "dd"
hence the variable, you guys are right about call_user_func_array though!

@vespakoen not that it matters any longer, but it does work as of PHP 5.3.

5.2: http://codepad.viper-7.com/JwFQVW
5.3: http://codepad.viper-7.com/CKcK9f

Documentation: http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.func-get-args.php#refsect1-function.func-get-args-notes

Just a friendly heads-up :)

Thanks for the heads-up, good to know, guess I should check the changelog more often =)

Excellent change, but I just wanted to throw this out there: Isn't it pointless to include the echo '</pre>'; since you are killing the script immediately after that line? Might as well remove that since nothing after the var_dump() is going to get rendered anyways.

BANG, AND ITS IN

( Emma doesn't like it when I use that at home. )

After I install xdebug on my windows box, the output becomes sexy, all of the nasty curly braces are gone.