/**
* __toString alias
*
* @return string $dump
*/
public function toString()
{
return Doctrine::dump(get_object_vars($this));
}
/**
* Generates a string representation of a collection.
*
* This method returns an html dump of a collection of records, containing
* all data.
*
* @param Doctrine_Collection $collection
* @return string
*/
public static function getCollectionAsString(Doctrine_Collection $collection)
{
$r[] = "<pre>";
$r[] = get_class($collection);
$r[] = 'data : ' . Doctrine::dump($collection->getData(), false);
//$r[] = 'snapshot : ' . Doctrine::dump($collection->getSnapshot());
$r[] = "</pre>";
return implode("\n", $r);
}
/**
* dump
*
* dumps a given variable
*
* @param mixed $var a variable of any type
* @param boolean $output whether to output the content
* @return void|string
*/
public static function dump($var, $output = true)
{
$ret = array();
switch (gettype($var)) {
case 'array':
$ret[] = 'Array(';
foreach ($var as $k => $v) {
$ret[] = $k . ' : ' . Doctrine::dump($v, false);
}
$ret[] = ")";
break;
case 'object':
$ret[] = 'Object(' . get_class($var) . ')';
break;
default:
$ret[] = var_export($var, true);
}
if ($output) {
print implode("\n", $ret);
}
return implode("\n", $ret);
}
