var_dump() output in a variable

Question

Is is possible I can assign output of var_dump($var) to a variable? As a default behavior, var_dump() just prints output on screen. I want to append or assign its output to other variable and then output that later on. Like:

$a = true;
$b = var_dump($a);
echo $b;

Answer 1

Or you could just use

$content=var_export($variable,true)
echo $content;

Reference: http://www.php.net/var_export