/**
* Converts all types to a string
*
* Kindoff mimics var_dump, but only of one variable, and returns the result instead of printing it.
*
* @param mixed $obj The object that should be converted to a string
* @return string
*/
function objToString($obj)
{
if ($obj instanceof Zend_Db_Select) {
return $obj->__toString();
} elseif ($obj instanceof Exception) {
return exceptionToString($obj);
} elseif (is_bool($obj)) {
return $obj ? 'bool(true)' : 'bool(false)';
} elseif (is_string($obj)) {
return 'string(' . strlen($obj) . ') "' . $obj . '"';
} elseif (is_null($obj)) {
return 'NULL';
} elseif (is_array($obj) || is_object($obj)) {
return print_r($obj, true);
} else {
return $obj;
}
}
/**
* Output an exception to the browser and web server error log
*
* This method overrides any output already buffered to send and only
* displays the exception information.
*
* @param $ex The exception
* @param $code Optional. HTTP error code to send. Defaults to 500 Internal Server Error
*/
function displayException($ex, $code = 500)
{
$msg = exceptionToString($ex);
error_log("PHP Error:");
$lines = explode("\n", $msg);
foreach ($lines as $line) {
error_log("PHP " . $line);
}
ob_clean();
// clear anything we were going to send to the browser
header('HTTP/1.1: ' . $code);
header('Status: ' . $code);
print "<pre>" . $msg . "</pre>";
}