P.S. You added the ability to edit comments? (Or is it because i am now registered to intenseDebate?)

P.S. You added the ability to edit comments?

function debug($variables){
/*
Enter the variable names you wish to debug as a string separated by commas
It will print the variable name and their respective values like: $varname = value
The variable values can be strings, integers, floats, arrays and possibly objects? (didn't test it)
For example ….

$thanks = 'to Josh Fraser';
$fruits = array("apple", "orange", "cherry");
debug("thanks, fruits");

will print…

————————————————————————
Debug info
————————————————————————
$thanks = to Josh Fraser
$fruits = Array ( [0] => apple [1] => orange [2] => cherry )
————————————————————————
*/

echo '<hr />Debug info';
$var_array = explode(",", $variables);
foreach($var_array as $var){
$var = trim($var);
global $$var;
$results[] = '$' . $var . ' = ' . print_r($$var, TRUE) . '
';
}
echo '<hr />' . implode("", $results) . '<hr />';
}

function debug($var_name) {
global ${$var_name};
echo "variable name: $var_name | variable value: ".${$var_name};
}

$problem = "solved!";
debug("problem");

A couple things to notice about this example. 1) You need to declare the variable as global because of the way name-spacing works in PHP and 2) you need to pass in the name of the variable (problem instead of $problem).