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560 Chapter 26 Debugging
Listing 26.1
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// dump_array() takes one array as a parameter
// It iterates through that array, creating a single
// line string to represent the array as a set
function dump_array($array) {
if(is_array($array)) {
$size = count($array);
$string = "";
if($size) {
$count = 0;
$string .= "{ ";
// add each element's key and value to the string
foreach($array as $var => $value) {
$string .= $var." = ".$value;
if($count++ < ($size-1)) {
$string .= ", ";
}
}
$string .= " }";
}
return $string;
} else {
// if it is not an array, just return it
return $array;
}
}
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