How to get xdebug var_dump to show full object/array

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I am using xdebug (php_xdebug-2.1.2-5.3-vc9.dll) on WAMP. When I use var_dump on a large object or variable it does not show the full variable.

array
'node' => 
  array
    'my_form' => 
      array
        'form' => 
          array
            ...

Without xdebug it shows as should be expected. I looked at the documentation but did not see a solution. Does anyone know how I can fix this so xdebug var_dump shows the full object?

Answers

These are configurable variables in php.ini:

; with sane limits
xdebug.var_display_max_depth = 10
xdebug.var_display_max_children = 256
xdebug.var_display_max_data = 1024 


; with no limits
; (maximum nesting is 1023)
xdebug.var_display_max_depth = -1 
xdebug.var_display_max_children = -1
xdebug.var_display_max_data = -1

Of course, these may also be set at runtime via ini_set(), useful if you don't want to modify php.ini and restart your web server but need to quickly inspect something more deeply.

ini_set('xdebug.var_display_max_depth', '10');
ini_set('xdebug.var_display_max_children', '256');
ini_set('xdebug.var_display_max_data', '1024');

Xdebug settings are explained in the official documentation.

Saturday, November 26, 2022

dominicoladapotonade-bc12c66c095c

The fast copy-paste way

sudo sh -c 'echo zend_extension=$(find /usr/lib/php/extensions -name "xdebug.so") >> $(php -qr "echo php_ini_loaded_file();") && apachectl restart'

This command do the following :

Finds the native Xdebug extension that comes with Xcode
Asks php which config file is loaded
Adds the Xdebug extension path in the config file
Restarts apache.

Compatible with Sierra, El Capitan & Yosemite with the bundeled apache, but untested with MAMP & XAMPP.

Before launching the command, make sure Xcode command line tools are installed : xcode-select --install

Monday, October 24, 2022

rajshee_turakhia

In Symfony4, 'dump' appears to be in Flex's 'debug-pack'

composer req debug-pack

Monday, December 26, 2022

brock_woolf

Here's the documentation of the URL format for VS Code.

Thus, the xdebug config is:

xdebug.file_link_format="vscode://file/%f:%l"

Sunday, August 28, 2022

knossos

I sorted the problem out by adding

export PATH="$(brew --prefix homebrew/php/php70)/bin:$PATH"

on .bash_profile.

PHP 7.1 came with OSX 10.13.2, so default path was set to the pre-packed php, which shows the error on phpinfo.

Thursday, September 8, 2022

dragon66

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