Pretty var_dump()

• Wrap your code in <pre> tags
• Use var_export() instead of var_dump()

DO THIS

1<pre><?php var_export($manufacturers); ?></pre>

and you’ll get this

array(1) {
  [0]=>
  array(1) {
    [0]=>
    array(5) {
      ["manufacturer_id"]=>
      string(1) "8"
      ["name"]=>
      string(5) "Apple"
      ["image"]=>
      string(27) "catalog/demo/apple_logo.jpg"
      ["sort_order"]=>
      string(1) "0"
      ["store_id"]=>
      string(1) "0"
    }
  }

Instead of doing this

1<?php var_dump($manufacturers); ?>

and getting this

array(1) { [0]=> array(1) { [0]=> array(5) { ["manufacturer_id"]=> string(1) "8" ["name"]=> string(5) "Apple" ["image"]=> string(27) "catalog/demo/apple_logo.jpg" ["sort_order"]=> string(1) "0" ["store_id"]=> string(1) "0" } } 

Link

• StackOverflow: Make var_dump look pretty