A attempt to port the php function print_r to javascript and jQuery. It simply returns a nested string containing information about the passed object.

Returns information about:

• Strings

• Numbers

• Booleans

• Dates

• Arrays

• Objects

• jQuery Objects

• RegExp

• Errors

• DOMElements

• Functions

Usage:

$.dump( object ):

<pre id="dump"></pre>
<script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function(){
        var obj = {
            hubba: "Some string...",
            bubba: 12.5,
            dubba: ["One", "Two", "Three"]
        }
        $("#dump").append($.dump(obj));
    });
</script>

Should result in:

Object {
     hubba: "Some string..."
     bubba: 12.5
     dubba: Array (
          0 => "One"
          1 => "Two"
          2 => "Three"
     )
}

$( selection ).dump()

<p>Hubba <span>bubba</span> dubba</p>

<pre id="dump"></pre>
<script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function(){
        $("#dump").append($("p").dump());
    });
</script>

Should result in:

jQuery Object {
     0 = DOMElement [
          nodeName: P
          nodeValue: null
          innerHTML: [
               0 = String: Hubba
               1 = DOMElement [
                    nodeName: SPAN
                    nodeValue: null
                    innerHTML: [
                         0 = String: bubba
                    ]
               ]
               2 = String: dubba
          ]
     ]
}