auxcoder · May 10, 2018 13:30
diff --git a/write-to-error-log.php b/write-to-error-log.php
 <?php

 // with print
 $object = new MyObject();
 // second param true make return value instead of print
 error_log( print_r( $object, true ) );


 // with var_dump
 function write_error_log( $object = null ){
    ob_start();                    // start buffer capture
    var_dump( $object );           // dump the values
    $contents = ob_get_contents(); // put the buffer into a variable
    ob_end_clean();                // end capture
    error_log( $contents );        // log contents of the result of var_dump( $object )
 }
 
 $object = new MyObject();
 write_error_log( $object );

 ?>
	<?php

	// with print
	$object = new MyObject();
	// second param true make return value instead of print
	error_log( print_r( $object, true ) );


	// with var_dump
	function write_error_log( $object = null ){
	ob_start(); // start buffer capture
	var_dump( $object ); // dump the values
	$contents = ob_get_contents(); // put the buffer into a variable
	ob_end_clean(); // end capture
	error_log( $contents ); // log contents of the result of var_dump( $object )
	}

	$object = new MyObject();
	write_error_log( $object );

	?>
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