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+<?php
+/**
+ * Smarty plugin
+ *
+ * @package    Smarty
+ * @subpackage Debug
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Smarty debug_print_var modifier plugin
+ * Type:     modifier<br>
+ * Name:     debug_print_var<br>
+ * Purpose:  formats variable contents for display in the console
+ *
+ * @author Monte Ohrt <monte at ohrt dot com>
+ *
+ * @param array|object $var variable to be formatted
+ * @param int $max maximum recursion depth if $var is an array or object
+ * @param int $length maximum string length if $var is a string
+ * @param int $depth actual recursion depth
+ * @param array $objects processed objects in actual depth to prevent recursive object processing
+ *
+ * @return string
+ */
+function smarty_modifier_debug_print_var($var, $max = 10, $length = 40, $depth = 0, $objects = array()) {
+    $_replace = array("\n" => '<i>\n</i>',
+        "\r" => '<i>\r</i>',
+        "\t" => '<i>\t</i>'
+    );
+    switch (gettype($var)) {
+        case 'array' :
+            $results = '<b>Array (' . count($var) . ')</b>';
+            if ($depth == $max) {
+                break;
+            }
+            foreach ($var as $curr_key => $curr_val) {
+                $results .= '<br>' . str_repeat('&nbsp;', $depth * 2)
+                    . '<b>' . strtr($curr_key, $_replace) . '</b> =&gt; '
+                    . smarty_modifier_debug_print_var($curr_val, $max, $length, ++$depth, $objects);
+                $depth--;
+            }
+            break;
+
+        case 'object' :
+            $object_vars = get_object_vars($var);
+            $results = '<b>' . get_class($var) . ' Object (' . count($object_vars) . ')</b>';
+            if (in_array($var, $objects)) {
+                $results .= ' called recursive';
+                break;
+            }
+            if ($depth == $max) {
+                break;
+            }
+            $objects[] = $var;
+            foreach ($object_vars as $curr_key => $curr_val) {
+                $results .= '<br>' . str_repeat('&nbsp;', $depth * 2)
+                    . '<b> -&gt;' . strtr($curr_key, $_replace) . '</b> = '
+                    . smarty_modifier_debug_print_var($curr_val, $max, $length, ++$depth, $objects);
+                $depth--;
+            }
+            break;
+
+        case 'boolean' :
+        case 'NULL' :
+        case 'resource' :
+            if (true === $var) {
+                $results = 'true';
+            } elseif (false === $var) {
+                $results = 'false';
+            } elseif (null === $var) {
+                $results = 'null';
+            } else {
+                $results = htmlspecialchars((string)$var);
+            }
+            $results = '<i>' . $results . '</i>';
+            break;
+
+        case 'integer' :
+        case 'float' :
+            $results = htmlspecialchars((string)$var);
+            break;
+
+        case 'string' :
+            $results = strtr($var, $_replace);
+            if (Smarty::$_MBSTRING) {
+                if (mb_strlen($var, Smarty::$_CHARSET) > $length) {
+                    $results = mb_substr($var, 0, $length - 3, Smarty::$_CHARSET) . '...';
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (isset($var[$length])) {
+                    $results = substr($var, 0, $length - 3) . '...';
+                }
+            }
+
+            $results = htmlspecialchars('"' . $results . '"');
+            break;
+
+        case 'unknown type' :
+        default :
+            $results = strtr((string)$var, $_replace);
+            if (Smarty::$_MBSTRING) {
+                if (mb_strlen($results, Smarty::$_CHARSET) > $length) {
+                    $results = mb_substr($results, 0, $length - 3, Smarty::$_CHARSET) . '...';
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (strlen($results) > $length) {
+                    $results = substr($results, 0, $length - 3) . '...';
+                }
+            }
+
+            $results = htmlspecialchars($results);
+    }
+
+    return $results;
+}