- ob_get_clean: documentation ( source)
- file_get_contents: documentation ( source)
- var_dump: documentation ( source)
- ob_start: documentation ( source)
- json_decode: documentation ( source)
- print_r: documentation ( source)
<?php
$json = json_decode(file_get_contents('http://www.reddit.com/top.json'));
$print = print_r($json, true);
echo "print_r\n$print\n";
ob_start();
var_dump($json);
$dump = ob_get_clean();
echo "var_dump\n$dump\n";