Log PHP variables and arrays to the web console in your browser via JavaScript's console.log(). No browser extensions required.

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<h4>Examples</h4>
<p>Place the <strong>do_action( ‘php_console_log’, ‘My String or Array’ );</strong> function anywhere in your WordPress plugin PHP code. The value(s) you pass into <strong>do_action( ‘php_console_log’, ‘My String or Array’ );</strong> will be logged to the web console in your browser.</p>
<h4>Pass in a string</h4>
<pre><code>$my_string = 'My String';
do_action( 'php_console_log', $my_string );
</code></pre>
<h4>Pass in an array</h4>
<pre><code>$my_array = array(
    'elm 1'
    'elm 2',
);
do_action( 'php_console_log', $my_array );
</code></pre>
<h4>Pass in an associative array</h4>
<pre><code>$my_array = array(
    'key 1'=>'elm 1',
    'key 2'=>'elm 2',
);
do_action( 'php_console_log', $my_array);
</code></pre>
<h4>Pass in an unlimited number of arguments nested to an unlimited depth (multi-dimensional array)</h4>
<pre><code>$my_array = array(
    'My String 1',
    'My String 2',
    array(
        'elm 1',
        'elm 2',
    ),
    'My String 3',
    array(
        'key 1'=>'elm 1',
        'key 2'=>'elm 2',
        'key 3' => array(
            'key 3a' => 'elm 3a',
            'key 3b' => 'elm 3b',
        ),
    ),
    'My String 4'
);
do_action( 'php_console_log', $my_array);
</code></pre>


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