Writing to the php-error-log and/or file with var_dump

[Chip (OP)]

from: https://www.justinsilver.com/technology/writing-to-the-php-error_log-with-var_dump-and-print_r/

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function var_error_log( $object=null ){
    ob_start();                    // start buffer capture
    var_dump( $object );           // dump the values
    $contents = ob_get_contents(); // put the buffer into a variable
    ob_end_clean();                // end capture
    error_log( $contents );        // log contents of the result of var_dump( $object )
}

$object = $variableToLog;
var_error_log( $object );

or to a file ...

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                ob_flush();
                ob_start();
                var_dump($variableToLog);
                file_put_contents("dump.txt", ob_get_flush());