dumper.php
public function describeValue($value)
    {
        $type = $this->getType($value);
        switch ($type) {
            case 'Null':
                return 'NULL';
            case 'Boolean':
                return 'Boolean: ' . ($value ? 'true' : 'false');
            case 'Array':
                return 'Array: ' . count($value) . ' items';
            case 'Object':
                return 'Object: of ' . get_class($value);
            case 'String':
                return 'String: ' . $this->clipString($value, 200);
            default:
                return $type . ': ' . $value;
        }
    }
public function describeValue($value)
    {
        $type = $this->getType($value);
        switch ($type) {
            case 'Null':
                return 'NULL';
            case 'Boolean':
                return 'Boolean: ' . ($value ? 'true' : 'false');
            case 'Array':
                return 'Array: ' . count($value) . ' items';
            case 'Object':
                return 'Object: of ' . get_class($value);
            case 'String':
                return 'String: ' . $this->clipString($value, 200);
            default:
                return $type . ': ' . $value;
        }
    }
Renders a variable in a shorter form than print_r().

@param mixed $value      Variable to render as a string.

@return string           Human readable string form.