From: rc at opelgt dot org
Operating system: all
PHP version: 5.2.4
PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Bug description: Feature proposal for print_r (for all PHP versions!)
Description:
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My reason for writing was to make PHP a bit more comfortable.
I dont want to spam. I have tried to email you besides this bug
reporting system at [EMAIL PROTECTED] without success.
You are doing your job for the same reason I do report this: idealism.
I first didnt understood what you meant with "variable container"
cause I have studied physics, not informatics.
Now I see the problematic that only the value and not the name is
given the function print_r.
My native language isnt english but german.
I dont know the internal means of PHP and if a method ".name" exists.
I only wanted to say it would be nice.
I think that is the critical point very often: first to say "Yes I
understand you, what you want is a good idea, unfortunately its not so
easy to realize."
<?php
function print_rc($variable_name)
{
global ${$variable_name};
echo "Array \$$variable_name\n {\n";
foreach(${$variable_name} as $key => $val) echo " [$key] =>
$val\n";
echo " }\n";
}
$arr = array(1,2,3);
print_rc('arr');
?>
This is doing what I want. And the problem is instead giving the value
to the function (print_r) here (print_rc) the name is given.
So my wish is incompatible with the current implementation of PHPs
print_r.
Its a pity.
Its my part to give this suggestion and its your part to decide
whether its a nice thing and when "yes" how that can be implemented.
You can see now that with an optional second parameter in print_r
(interpreting the given variable as a name) or an additional new php-
function print_rc my wish is possible. With the recent implementation
of print_r it may not be possible.
I dont want to waste my time describing the current state. I want to
give a suggestion for the future. Realisation isnt impossible.
Rüdiger
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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=42878&edit=1
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Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4):
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42878&r=trysnapshot44
Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2):
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42878&r=trysnapshot52
Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0):
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42878&r=trysnapshot60
Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42878&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42878&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42878&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42878&r=needscript
Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42878&r=oldversion
Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42878&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42878&r=notwrong
Not enough info:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42878&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42878&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42878&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42878&r=php3
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42878&r=dst
IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42878&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42878&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42878&r=float
No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42878&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42878&r=mysqlcfg
