var dump

dump results have changed

[nyteshade]

A little bit ago I noticed that my var_dumps went from looking like:

var_dump($states)

array(5) {
 ["DC"]=>
 string(13) "Washington DC"
 ["OH"]=>
 string(4) "Ohio"
 ["VA"]=>
 string(8) "Virginia"
 ["MI"]=>
 string(8) "Michigan"
 ["TX"]=>
 string(5) "Texas"
}

to:

var_dump($states)

array
 'DC' => string 'Washington DC' (length=13)
 'OH' => string 'Ohio' (length=4)
 'VA' => string 'Virginia' (length=8)
 'MI' => string 'Michigan' (length=8)
 'TX' => string 'Texas' (length=5)

This has occurred on my local machine running PHP5.3.0 (been installed for more than a year). When I upload the same file to my ISP(PHP5.2.17) the var_dump output reverts to the previous format.

Every page with var_dump now has many errors for each var_dump line complaining about 'element font not found' and such regarding the 'new' formatting. The only thing I changed on my local box was to add xdebug plugin to notepad++ this morning. Anyone familiar with this behavior? Suggestions? Thanks all.

[nyteshade]

Hmmm, I'm looking at the document 'source' results in ff and here's the var_dump output, and it appears that xdebug has added a class to the <pre> element:

<pre class='xdebug-var-dump' dir='ltr'>
<b>array</b>
 0 <font color='#888a85'>=&gt;</font> <small>string</small> <font color='#cc0000'>'DC'</font> <i>(length=2)</i>

 1 <font color='#888a85'>=&gt;</font> <small>string</small> <font color='#cc0000'>'OH'</font> <i>(length=2)</i>
 2 <font color='#888a85'>=&gt;</font> <small>string</small> <font color='#cc0000'>'VA'</font> <i>(length=2)</i>

 3 <font color='#888a85'>=&gt;</font> <small>string</small> <font color='#cc0000'>'MI'</font> <i>(length=2)</i>
 4 <font color='#888a85'>=&gt;</font> <small>string</small> <font color='#cc0000'>'TX'</font> <i>(length=2)</i>

</pre>

Arrgh! So, this isn't a PHP problem, but, hehehe, if anyone has experienced this then please feel free to share. Thx!

[nyteshade]

Found my answer at: //xdebug.org/docs/display

[coopster]

And thanks for that needle in the haystack. Probably going to save somebody else the trouble of pulling out their hair :)