From a5474c9d5696f9dc2d9a3f5fda4a32fda63b6881 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timothy Warren <tim@timshomepage.net>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:55:58 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Added to_string global function

---
 src/sys/common.php | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/sys/common.php b/src/sys/common.php
index 37e6eed..aea85bc 100644
--- a/src/sys/common.php
+++ b/src/sys/common.php
@@ -354,7 +354,49 @@ function site_url($segment)
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+/**
+ * Prints out the contents of the object
+ * 
+ * @param object/array $data
+ * @param string $method
+ * @return string
+ */
+function to_string($data, $method='print_r')
+{
+	$output = '<pre>';
+	
+	if($method == "var_dump")
+	{
+		ob_start();
+		var_dump($data);
+		$output .= ob_get_contents();
+		ob_end_clean();
+	}
+	else if($method == "var_export")
+	{
+		ob_start();
+		var_export($data);
+		$output .= ob_get_contents();
+		ob_end_clean();
+	}	
+	else
+	{
+		$output .= print_r($data, TRUE);
+	}
+
+	return $output . '</pre>';
+}
+
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Wrapper workaround for PHP < 5.4
+function do_include($path)
+{
+	require_once($path);
+}
+
 // Load Most Common libraries
-array_map('require_once', glob(SYS_PATH.'*.php'));
+array_map('do_include', glob(SYS_PATH.'*.php'));
+
 
 // End of common.php
\ No newline at end of file