"Daevid Vincent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I suggest a slight but useful change to these two functions, or possibly an > alternate parameter. > > I find myself always having to do this annoyance: > > echo "<B>myDevice</B><BR>"; > print_r($myDevice); > > To get: > > myDevice > Array > ( > [3333] => Array > ( > [range] => range_3 > [scanner] => scanner_3 > [record] => record_3 > ) > > [4444] => Array > ( > [range] => range_4 > [scanner] => scanner_4 > [record] => record_4 > ) > ) > > It seems to me the functions should just print out the name of the array > you're looking at, at the very top, just as it prints out the keys. I > already know it's an "Array" or I wouldn't be print_r()'ing it.
print_r() can also be used to output the contents of an object. So it's not always an array! To output the type of the variable *does* make sense. Best regards, Torsten Roehr -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
