* Name:     debug_print_var
 * Purpose:  formats variable contents for display in the console
 * 
 * @link http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/language.modifier.debug.print.var.php debug_print_var (Smarty online manual)
 * @author Monte Ohrt  
 * @param array $ |object
 * @param integer $ 
 * @param integer $ 
 * @return string 
 */
function smarty_modifier_debug_print_var ($var, $depth = 0, $length = 40)
{
    $_replace = array("\n" => '\n',
        "\r" => '\r',
        "\t" => '\t'
        );
    switch (gettype($var)) {
        case 'array' :
            $results = 'Array (' . count($var) . ')';
            foreach ($var as $curr_key => $curr_val) {
                $results .= '
' . str_repeat(' ', $depth * 2)
                 . '' . strtr($curr_key, $_replace) . ' => '
                 . smarty_modifier_debug_print_var($curr_val, ++$depth, $length);
                $depth--;
            } 
            break;
        case 'object' :
            $object_vars = get_object_vars($var);
            $results = '' . get_class($var) . ' Object (' . count($object_vars) . ')';
            foreach ($object_vars as $curr_key => $curr_val) {
                $results .= '
' . str_repeat(' ', $depth * 2)
                 . ' ->' . strtr($curr_key, $_replace) . ' = '
                 . smarty_modifier_debug_print_var($curr_val, ++$depth, $length);
                $depth--;
            } 
            break;
        case 'boolean' :
        case 'NULL' :
        case 'resource' :
            if (true === $var) {
                $results = 'true';
            } elseif (false === $var) {
                $results = 'false';
            } elseif (null === $var) {
                $results = 'null';
            } else {
                $results = htmlspecialchars((string) $var);
            } 
            $results = '' . $results . '';
            break;
        case 'integer' :
        case 'float' :
            $results = htmlspecialchars((string) $var);
            break;
        case 'string' :
            $results = strtr($var, $_replace);
            if (strlen($var) > $length) {
                $results = substr($var, 0, $length - 3) . '...';
            } 
            $results = htmlspecialchars('"' . $results . '"');
            break;
        case 'unknown type' :
        default :
            $results = strtr((string) $var, $_replace);
            if (strlen($results) > $length) {
                $results = substr($results, 0, $length - 3) . '...';
            } 
            $results = htmlspecialchars($results);
    } 
    return $results;
} 
?>