Purpose of var_dump() in php?

Question

It returns the data type of variable

Answer 1

Maybe it could be useful in debugging or output redirection.

Here are a few links on var_dump()

https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.var-dump.php

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/php-var_dump-function/

https://www.w3resource.com/php/function-reference/var_dump.php