diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ae5c9c9d..74b2a8ca 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+  - remove warning in debug_print_var on php-resources (messju)
   - move function.assign.php to compiler.assign.php (messju)
   - add property $tpl_error_reporting (messju)
   - remove property $undefined. "null" is used literally instead (messju)
diff --git a/libs/plugins/modifier.debug_print_var.php b/libs/plugins/modifier.debug_print_var.php
index 35283113..754d4c2f 100644
--- a/libs/plugins/modifier.debug_print_var.php
+++ b/libs/plugins/modifier.debug_print_var.php
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ function smarty_modifier_debug_print_var($var, $depth = 0, $length = 40)
             $return = smarty_modifier_debug_print_var($curr_val, $depth+1, $length);
             $results .= "<br>".str_repeat('&nbsp;', $depth*2)."<b>".strtr($curr_key, $_replace)."</b> =&gt; $return";
         }
-        return $results;
     } else if (is_object($var)) {
         $object_vars = get_object_vars($var);
         $results = "<b>".get_class($var)." Object (".count($object_vars).")</b>";
@@ -36,11 +35,11 @@ function smarty_modifier_debug_print_var($var, $depth = 0, $length = 40)
             $return = smarty_modifier_debug_print_var($curr_val, $depth+1, $length);
             $results .= "<br>".str_repeat('&nbsp;', $depth*2)."<b>$curr_key</b> =&gt; $return";
         }
-        return $results;
+    } else if (is_resource($var)) {
+        $results = '<i>'.(string)$var.'</i>';
+    } else if (empty($var) && $var != "0") {
+        $results = '<i>empty</i>';
     } else {
-        if (empty($var) && $var != "0") {
-            return '<i>empty</i>';
-        }
         if (strlen($var) > $length ) {
             $results = substr($var, 0, $length-3).'...';
         } else {
@@ -48,8 +47,8 @@ function smarty_modifier_debug_print_var($var, $depth = 0, $length = 40)
         }
         $results = htmlspecialchars($results);
         $results = strtr($results, $_replace);
-        return $results;
     }
+    return $results;
 }
 
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