What is difference between print_r and var_dump in PHP?

I am curious and wanna know what is the difference between these functions: print_r and var_dump? I can view content of an array with both function and content of a class as well.

print_r , var_dump used for debugging purpose.

The var_export returns the php code. We could load this content in variable and later can be used.

var_dumps same as print_r except it shows the structure with types.
var_exports same as var_dump except it returns the php code as string format.

These helps to gothru the contents of the variables recursively in readable format.

more about this read from http://www.itechp2pexchange.com/node/5860

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