Making PHP var_dump() values display one line per value

Yes, try wrapping it with <pre>, e.g.:

echo '<pre>' , var_dump($variable) , '</pre>';

I usually have a nice function to handle output of an array, just to pretty it up a bit when debugging.

function pr($data){    echo "<pre>";    print_r($data); // or var_dump($data);    echo "</pre>";}

Then just call it

pr($array);

Or if you have an editor like that saves snippets so you can access them quicker instead of creating a function for each project you build or each page that requires just a quick test.

For print_r:

echo "<pre>", print_r($data, 1), "</pre>";

For var_dump():

echo "<pre>", var_dump($data), "</pre>";

I use the above with PHP Storm. I have set it as a pr tab command.

I've also researched this issue and not found the right answer. This doesn't work for me:

echo '<pre>' . var_dump($variable) . '</pre>';

This will not provide a nice display of the array for me, with line breaks (I'm using Firefox 31.3.0)

However, after some experimentation, this solved the problem (notice the php is closed at first):

... ?> <pre><?php echo var_dump($variable) ?></pre> <?php ...

This solves the problem and displays a nice, easy-to-read array for me on my browser. You see how the tags are not wrapped in PHP; only the echo var_dump part is.