From: Michael Wallner <mike@php.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 08:34:34 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: typeof
X-Git-Url: https://git.m6w6.name/?p=m6w6%2Fseekat;a=commitdiff_plain;h=2895e1945b9029f54546ae7f53afbe19070b65ac

typeof
---

diff --git a/lib/functions.php b/lib/functions.php
index 9e82d72..9776da9 100644
--- a/lib/functions.php
+++ b/lib/functions.php
@@ -1,7 +1,31 @@
 <?php
 
+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;
+}
+
 namespace seekat\Exception;
 
+/**
+ * Canonicalize an error message from a string or Exception
+ * @param string|Exception $error
+ * @return string
+ */
 function message(&$error) : string {
 	if ($error instanceof \Throwable) {
 		$message = $error->getMessage();