diff --git a/src/php_error.php b/src/php_error.php
index fa55cd5..9680678 100644
--- a/src/php_error.php
+++ b/src/php_error.php
@@ -1135,6 +1135,8 @@ public static function identifyTypeHTML( $arg, $recurseLevels=1 ) {
 
             private $classNotFoundException;
 
+            private $clearAllBuffers;
+
             /**
              * = Options =
              * 
@@ -1229,6 +1231,8 @@ public function __construct( $options=null ) {
                 $this->applicationRoot          = ErrorHandler::optionsPop( $options, 'application_root'   , $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] );
                 $this->serverName               = ErrorHandler::optionsPop( $options, 'error_reporting_off', $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']   );
 
+                $this->clearAllBuffers          = ErrorHandler::optionsPop( $options, 'clear_all_buffers', false);
+
                 /*
                  * Relative paths might be given for document root,
                  * so we make it explicit.
@@ -1466,6 +1470,9 @@ private function startBuffer() {
              * do want it. However otherwise, it will be lost.
              */
             private function discardBuffer() {
+                if ( $this->clearAllBuffers ) {
+                    while( @ob_end_clean() );
+                }
                 $str = $this->bufferOutputStr;
 
                 $this->bufferOutputStr = '';
@@ -2620,7 +2627,6 @@ private function runEnableErrors() {
 
                     // all errors \o/ !
                     error_reporting( $this->defaultErrorReportingOn );
-                    @ini_set( 'html_errors', false );
 
                     if ( ErrorHandler::isIIS() ) {
                         @ini_set( 'log_errors', false );
@@ -2640,6 +2646,11 @@ function( $code, $message, $file, $line, $context ) use ( $self, &$catchSurpress
                                  * silently ignored.
                                  */
                                 if ( $self->isOn() ) {
+                                    /*
+                                     * Turning off 'html_errors' at this point avoids interference 
+                                     * with xDebugs 'var_dump()'-overload, thus preserving prettyfied dumps
+                                     */
+                                    @ini_set( 'html_errors', false );
                                     /*
                                      * When using an @, the error reporting drops to 0.
                                      */
@@ -2657,6 +2668,11 @@ function( $code, $message, $file, $line, $context ) use ( $self, &$catchSurpress
 
                     set_exception_handler( function($ex) use ( $self ) {
                         if ( $self->isOn() ) {
+                            /*
+                             * Turning off 'html_errors' at this point avoids interference 
+                             * with xDebugs 'var_dump()'-overload, thus preserving prettyfied dumps
+                             */
+                            @ini_set( 'html_errors', false );
                             $self->reportException( $ex );
                         } else {
                             return false;