+namespace seekat;
+
+/**
+ * Generate a human readable represenation of a variable
+ * @param mixed $arg
+ * @param bool $export whether to var_export the $arg
+ * @return string
+ */
+function typeof($arg, $export = false) {
+ $type = (is_object($arg)
+ ? "instance of ".get_class($arg)
+ : gettype($arg)
+ );
+ if ($export) {
+ $type .= ": ".var_export($arg, true);
+ }
+ return $type;
+}
+