class DebugConsole {
    public static function debug($name, $var = null) {
        echo '<script type="text/javascript">'.PHP_EOL ;

        /// this is for IE and other browsers w/o console
        echo 'if (!window.console) console = {};';
        echo 'console.log = console.log || function(){};';
        /// end of IE    

        echo 'console.log("'.$name.'");'.PHP_EOL ;    

        if (!empty($var)) {
            if (is_object($var) || is_array($var)) {
                $object = json_encode($var);
                echo 'var object'.preg_replace('~[^A-Z|0-9]~i',"_",$name).' = \''.str_replace("'","\'",$object).'\';'.PHP_EOL ;
                echo 'var val'.preg_replace('~[^A-Z|0-9]~i',"_",$name).' = eval("(" + object'.preg_replace('~[^A-Z|0-9]~i',"_",$name).' + ")" );'.PHP_EOL ;
                echo 'console.log(val'.preg_replace('~[^A-Z|0-9]~i',"_",$name).');'.PHP_EOL ;    

            } else {
                echo 'console.log("'.str_replace('"','\\"',$var).'");'.PHP_EOL ;
            }
        }
        echo '</script>'.PHP_EOL ;
    }
}