phpjs/experimental/var/print_r.js

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function print_r(array, return_val) {
  // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
  // +   original by: Michael White (http://getsprink.com)
  // +   improved by: Ben Bryan
  // +      input by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
  // +      improved by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
  // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
  // -    depends on: echo
  // *     example 1: print_r(1, true);
  // *     returns 1: 1
  var output = '',
      pad_char = ' ',
      pad_val = 4,
      d = this.window.document,
      getFuncName = function(fn) {
        var name = (/\W*function\s+([\w\$]+)\s*\(/).exec(fn);
        if (!name) {
          return '(Anonymous)';
        }
        return name[1];
      };
      repeat_char = function(len, pad_char) {
        var str = '';
        for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
          str += pad_char;
        }
        return str;
      };
      formatArray = function(obj, cur_depth, pad_val, pad_char) {
        if (cur_depth > 0) {
          cur_depth++;
        }

        var base_pad = repeat_char(pad_val * cur_depth, pad_char);
        var thick_pad = repeat_char(pad_val * (cur_depth + 1), pad_char);
        var str = '';

        if (typeof obj === 'object' && obj !== null && obj.constructor && getFuncName(obj.constructor) !== 'PHPJS_Resource') {
          str += 'Array\n' + base_pad + '(\n';
          for (var key in obj) {
            if (Object.prototype.toString.call(obj[key]) === '[object Array]') {
              str += thick_pad + '[' + key + '] => ' + formatArray(obj[key], cur_depth + 1, pad_val, pad_char);
            }
            else {
              str += thick_pad + '[' + key + '] => ' + obj[key] + '\n';
            }
          }
          str += base_pad + ')\n';
        }
        else if (obj === null || obj === undefined) {
          str = '';
        }
        else { // for our "resource" class
          str = obj.toString();
        }

        return str;
      };

  output = formatArray(array, 0, pad_val, pad_char);

  if (return_val !== true) {
    if (d.body) {
      this.echo(output);
    }
    else {
      try {
        d = XULDocument; // We're in XUL, so appending as plain text won't work; trigger an error out of XUL
        this.echo('<pre xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" style="white-space:pre;">' + output + '</pre>');
      } catch (e) {
        this.echo(output); // Outputting as plain text may work in some plain XML
      }
    }
    return true;
  }
  return output;
}