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Re: Purpose for a str_replace with an embedded print_r return

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On 11/5/2014 9:32 AM, the pedantic troll Thomas 'Pointed Head' Lahn wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> 
>> [abuse] Thomas 'Pointed Head' Lahn wrote:
>>> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>>> On 11/4/2014 12:58 PM, Christoph M. Becker wrote:
>>>>> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>>>>>> I think the proper idiom is “to kill two birds with one stone”.  This
>>>>>> appears to be debug code, and if you pass “true” as second parameter
>>>>>> to print_r(), it returns the output instead of printing it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Good catch! At least a plausible explanation for the strange construct.
>>>>> […]
>>>> No, the OP already indicated the value was a simple string, not an array
>>>> or object reference, so the print_r() is unnecessary (and potentially
>>>> confusing).
>>> Which part of “debug code” did you not understand?
>>
>> Which part of "unnecessary code" did you not understand?
> 
> It is unnecessary only *in your humble opinion*.  However, in *debug* code 
> one wants to have a contingency plan.  One does not want to get the string 
> representation of a non-string value when you can inspect the unusual array 
> or object instead.
> 
>> [abuse]
> 
> Just go away.
>  
> 

This is why you're so stoopid.  The variable being debugged is a STRING
- as the OP said.  It's not an array.  It's not an object.  It's a
STRING.  But you don't understand the difference.

Yes, please go away.  Pedantic trolls like you are not welcome here.

And on the way out, don't let the door hit you in the butt.  You might
get a brain concussion.

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Purpose for a str_replace with an embedded print_r return Dave Patoch <earthlydilemma@gmail.com> - 2014-11-04 06:20 -0800
  Re: Purpose for a str_replace with an embedded print_r return "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-11-04 16:08 +0100
    Re: Purpose for a str_replace with an embedded print_r return Dave Patoch <earthlydilemma@gmail.com> - 2014-11-04 07:27 -0800
      Re: Purpose for a str_replace with an embedded print_r return Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-11-04 16:58 +0100
        Re: Purpose for a str_replace with an embedded print_r return "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-11-04 18:58 +0100
          Re: Purpose for a str_replace with an embedded print_r return Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-04 13:54 -0500
            Re: Purpose for a str_replace with an embedded print_r return Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-11-05 14:27 +0100
              Re: Purpose for a str_replace with an embedded print_r return Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-05 08:46 -0500
                Re: Purpose for a str_replace with an embedded print_r return Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-11-05 15:32 +0100
                Re: Purpose for a str_replace with an embedded print_r return Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-05 10:44 -0500
                Re: Purpose for a str_replace with an embedded print_r return Matthew Carter <m@ahungry.com> - 2014-11-05 15:50 -0500
                Re: Purpose for a str_replace with an embedded print_r return Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-05 16:59 -0500
                Re: Purpose for a str_replace with an embedded print_r return "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-11-05 23:56 +0100
                Re: Purpose for a str_replace with an embedded print_r return Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-11-06 04:30 +0100
                Re: Purpose for a str_replace with an embedded print_r return Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-05 22:53 -0500
  Re: Purpose for a str_replace with an embedded print_r return Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-11-05 15:07 +0000
    Re: Purpose for a str_replace with an embedded print_r return Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-05 10:47 -0500
      Re: Purpose for a str_replace with an embedded print_r return Matthew Carter <m@ahungry.com> - 2014-11-05 15:51 -0500
        Re: Purpose for a str_replace with an embedded print_r return Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-05 17:00 -0500
          Re: Purpose for a str_replace with an embedded print_r return Matthew Carter <m@ahungry.com> - 2014-11-05 22:35 -0500
            Re: Purpose for a str_replace with an embedded print_r return Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-05 22:55 -0500
            Re: Purpose for a str_replace with an embedded print_r return Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-11-06 04:26 +0000
              Re: Purpose for a str_replace with an embedded print_r return Matthew Carter <m@ahungry.com> - 2014-11-06 00:09 -0500
                Re: Purpose for a str_replace with an embedded print_r return Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-11-06 23:59 +0000
            Re: Purpose for a str_replace with an embedded print_r return "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-11-06 18:43 +0100
        Re: Purpose for a str_replace with an embedded print_r return Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-11-06 02:39 +0000
      Re: Purpose for a str_replace with an embedded print_r return Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-11-06 02:44 +0000
        Re: Purpose for a str_replace with an embedded print_r return Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-05 22:56 -0500

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