debug php
// ------ string ------- // use echo, exit for output $a = 123 echo ($a); exit; // ------ array ------- $array = array( 1 => 'apple', 2 => 'banana', ) // Method 1 echo "<pre>"; print_r($array); echo "</pre>"; // Method 2 echo "<pre>"; var_dump($array); echo "</pre>"; // Method 3 (no need exit) beacause of dd is already exit dd($array) // Method 4 (cakephp) pr ($array); // ------ json ------- $json = {"a":"123"} pr (json_encode($json)); exit; print_r (json_encode($json)); exit;