* Name:     debug_print_var
 * Purpose:  formats variable contents for display in the console
 *
 * @author Monte Ohrt 
 *
 * @param array|object $var    variable to be formatted
 * @param integer      $depth  maximum recursion depth if $var is an array
 * @param integer      $length maximum string length if $var is a string
 *
 * @return string
 */
function smarty_modifier_debug_print_var($var, $depth = 0, $length = 40)
{
    $_replace = array("\n" => '\n',
                      "\r" => '\r',
                      "\t" => '\t'
    );
    switch (gettype($var)) {
        case 'array' :
            $results = 'Array (' . count($var) . ')';
            foreach ($var as $curr_key => $curr_val) {
                $results .= '
' . str_repeat(' ', $depth * 2)
                    . '' . strtr($curr_key, $_replace) . ' => '
                    . smarty_modifier_debug_print_var($curr_val, ++$depth, $length);
                $depth --;
            }
            break;
        case 'object' :
            $object_vars = get_object_vars($var);
            $results = '' . get_class($var) . ' Object (' . count($object_vars) . ')';
            foreach ($object_vars as $curr_key => $curr_val) {
                $results .= '
' . str_repeat(' ', $depth * 2)
                    . ' ->' . strtr($curr_key, $_replace) . ' = '
                    . smarty_modifier_debug_print_var($curr_val, ++$depth, $length);
                $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 = '' . $results . '';
            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;
}