function parseObject($obj, $values=true){
  
    $obj_dump  = print_r($obj, 1);
    $ret_list = array();
    $ret_map = array();
    $ret_name = '';
    $dump_lines = preg_split('/[\r\n]+/',$obj_dump);
    $ARR_NAME = 'arr_name';
    $ARR_LIST = 'arr_list';
    $arr_index = -1;
    
    // get the object type...
    $matches = array();
    preg_match('/^\s*(\S+)\s+\bObject\b/i',$obj_dump,$matches);
    if(isset($matches[1])){ $ret_name = $matches[1]; }//if
    
    foreach($dump_lines as &$line){
    
      $matches = array();
    
      //load up var and values...
      if(preg_match('/^\s*\[\s*(\S+)\s*\]\s+=>\s+(.*)$/', $line, $matches)){
        
        if(mb_stripos($matches[2],'array') !== false){
        
          $arr_map = array();
          $arr_map[$ARR_NAME] = $matches[1];
          $arr_map[$ARR_LIST] = array();
          $arr_list[++$arr_index] = $arr_map;
        
        }else{
        
          // save normal variables and arrays differently...
          if($arr_index >= 0){  
            $arr_list[$arr_index][$ARR_LIST][$matches[1]] = $matches[2];
          }else{
            $ret_list[$matches[1]] = $matches[2];
          }//if/else
        
        }//if/else
      
      }else{
      
        // save the current array to the return list...
        if(mb_stripos($line,')') !== false){
        
          if($arr_index >= 0){
            
            $arr_map = array_pop($arr_list);
            
            // if there is more than one array then this array belongs to the earlier array...
            if($arr_index > 0){
              $arr_list[($arr_index-1)][$ARR_LIST][$arr_map[$ARR_NAME]] = $arr_map[$ARR_LIST];
            }else{
              $ret_list[$arr_map[$ARR_NAME]] = $arr_map[$ARR_LIST];
            }//if/else
            
            $arr_index--;
            
          }//if
        
        }//if
      
      }//if/else
      
    }//foreach
    
    $ret_map['name'] = $ret_name;
    $ret_map['variables'] = $ret_list;
    return $ret_map;
    
  }//method