1tomany/pretty-print

A simple, no dependency library to format PHP values as strings

v0.0.1 2026-03-03 18:02 UTC

Requires

• php: >=8.0

Requires (Dev)

• friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer: ^3.86
• phpstan/phpstan: ^2.1.22
• phpunit/phpunit: ^12.3.7

MIT

• Vic Cherubini

• pretty-print
• print_r
• var_dump
• vardump
• Printr
• VarDumper
• Pretty print
• var dumper

README

This small library is a handy utility for pretty printing a wide variety of PHP values as strings. It is particularly useful if you wish to safely print unstructured user input; a URL encoded HTTP request for instance.

Installation

composer require 1tomany/pretty-print

Usage

use function OneToMany\PrettyPrint\pretty_print;

var_dump(pretty_print(null)); // string(4) "null"
var_dump(pretty_print(true)); // string(4) "true"
var_dump(pretty_print(false)); // string(5) "false"
var_dump(pretty_print(0)); // string(1) "0"
var_dump(pretty_print(1.0)); // string(3) "1.0"
var_dump(pretty_print(\M_PI)); // string(15) "3.1415926535898"
var_dump(pretty_print('PHP')); // string(5) ""PHP""
var_dump(pretty_print([])); // string(2) "[]"
var_dump(pretty_print(['A', 'B'])); // string(10) "["A", "B"]"
var_dump(pretty_print(['name' => 'Vic'])); // string(15) "[name => "Vic"]"
var_dump(pretty_print(new \DateTimeImmutable())); // string(25) "2026-03-03T17:36:40+00:00"
var_dump(pretty_print('This string is longer than 32 characters', 32)); // string(37) ""This string is longer than 32 ch...""
var_dump(pretty_print(\fopen('file.txt', 'r'))); // string(7) "unknown"

Credits

• Vic Cherubini, 1:N Labs, LLC

License

The MIT License