diff --git a/src/functions.php b/src/functions.php
index 2e545ba05..2b93b012b 100644
--- a/src/functions.php
+++ b/src/functions.php
@@ -36,6 +36,40 @@ if(!function_exists("cli_set_process_title")){
 	}
 }
 
+function safe_var_dump($var, $cnt = 0){
+	switch(true){
+		case is_array($var):
+			echo str_repeat("  ", $cnt)."array(".count($var).") {".PHP_EOL;
+			foreach($var as $key => $value){
+				echo str_repeat("  ", $cnt + 1)."[".(is_integer($key) ? $key:'"'.$key.'"')."]=>".PHP_EOL;
+				safe_var_dump($value, $cnt + 1);
+			}
+			echo str_repeat("  ", $cnt)."}".PHP_EOL;
+			break;
+		case is_integer($var):
+			echo str_repeat("  ", $cnt)."int(".$var.")".PHP_EOL;
+			break;
+		case is_float($var):
+			echo str_repeat("  ", $cnt)."float(".$var.")".PHP_EOL;
+			break;
+		case is_bool($var):
+			echo str_repeat("  ", $cnt)."bool(".($var === true ? "true":"false").")".PHP_EOL;
+			break;
+		case is_string($var):
+			echo str_repeat("  ", $cnt)."string(".strlen($var).") \"$var\"".PHP_EOL;
+			break;
+		case is_resource($var):
+			echo str_repeat("  ", $cnt)."resource() of type (".get_resource_type($var).")".PHP_EOL;
+			break;
+		case is_object($var):
+			echo str_repeat("  ", $cnt)."object(".get_class($var).")".PHP_EOL;
+			break;
+		case is_null($var):
+			echo str_repeat("  ", $cnt)."NULL".PHP_EOL;
+			break;
+	}
+}
+
 function kill($pid){
 	switch(Utils::getOS()){
 		case "win":