Another missing function described by Leon Atkinson.

There are a lot of missing functions in the manual, so Leon
should be in cvsusers.


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</refsect1>
</refentry>
<refentry id="function.var-dump">
<refnamediv>
<refname>var_dump</refname>
<refpurpose>
Dumps information about a variable.
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<funcsynopsis>
<funcdef>void <function>var_dump</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>mixed <parameter>expression</parameter></paramdef>
</funcsynopsis>
<simpara>
This function returns structured information about an expression
that includes its type and value. Arrays are explored
recursively with values indented to show structure.
</simpara>
<simpara>
Compare <function>var_dump</function> to
<function>print_r</function>.
</simpara>
<para>
<informalexample>
<programlisting role="php">
&lt;pre>
&lt;?php
$a = array (1, 2, array ("a", "b", "c"));
var_dump ($a);
?>
&lt;/pre>
</programlisting>
</informalexample>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
</reference>
</reference>
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