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From: Simon <bad@example.com>
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Subject: Re: Printing out or displaying for debugging
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:18:25 +0200
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>
> echo "<!--";
> vardump($var)
> printr($var)
> etc...
> echo "-->";
>
> then comment out/remove that code when done. Just 'View Source...' to
> see it.

Unless $var contains html code, (maybe what the OP is trying to debug in 
the first place), and that could end up causing a whole lot of mess, 
(making it more difficult to debug).

A local site, is a far better option.
I prefer to install php+Apache manually but that's just a mater of choice.

Otherwise, a carbon copy of the page with the debug code on another page 
is a better/safe/prettier? option.

Simon