:sig String var_dump(StringMap t, String prefix = "", String postfix = "\n") String var_dump(StringList t, String prefix = "", String postfix = "\n") String var_dump(DValue t, String prefix = "", String postfix = "\n") :params t : object to be dumped into a string return value : string containing a human-friendly representation of 't' :see >types 0_DValue StringMap json_encode print :content Returns a string representation of `t` intended for debugging. Related: - PHP: `var_dump()` and `print_r()` - JavaScript / Node.js: `console.log()`, `console.dir()`, and structured inspection helpers like `util.inspect()`