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Created September 19, 2012 18:04
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  1. technosailor revised this gist Sep 19, 2012. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
    2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion gistfile1.php
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    * @return none
    * @author Sarfraz
    */
    public function logConsole($name, $data = NULL, $jsEval = FALSE)
    function logConsole($name, $data = NULL, $jsEval = FALSE)
    {
    if (! $name) return false;

  2. technosailor created this gist Sep 19, 2012.
    53 changes: 53 additions & 0 deletions gistfile1.php
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    <?php
    /**
    * Logs messages/variables/data to browser console from within php
    *
    * @param $name: message to be shown for optional data/vars
    * @param $data: variable (scalar/mixed) arrays/objects, etc to be logged
    * @param $jsEval: whether to apply JS eval() to arrays/objects
    *
    * @return none
    * @author Sarfraz
    */
    public function logConsole($name, $data = NULL, $jsEval = FALSE)
    {
    if (! $name) return false;

    $isevaled = false;
    $type = ($data || gettype($data)) ? 'Type: ' . gettype($data) : '';

    if ($jsEval && (is_array($data) || is_object($data)))
    {
    $data = 'eval(' . preg_replace('#[\s\r\n\t\0\x0B]+#', '', json_encode($data)) . ')';
    $isevaled = true;
    }
    else
    {
    $data = json_encode($data);
    }

    # sanitalize
    $data = $data ? $data : '';
    $search_array = array("#'#", '#""#', "#''#", "#\n#", "#\r\n#");
    $replace_array = array('"', '', '', '\\n', '\\n');
    $data = preg_replace($search_array, $replace_array, $data);
    $data = ltrim(rtrim($data, '"'), '"');
    $data = $isevaled ? $data : ($data[0] === "'") ? $data : "'" . $data . "'";

    $js = <<<JSCODE
    \n<script>
    // fallback - to deal with IE (or browsers that don't have console)
    if (! window.console) console = {};
    console.log = console.log || function(name, data){};
    // end of fallback
    console.log('$name');
    console.log('------------------------------------------');
    console.log('$type');
    console.log($data);
    console.log('\\n');
    </script>
    JSCODE;

    echo $js;
    } # end logConsole