how can I increase the laravel 8 dd() limitations? I have lots of nested relationship and I cant view most of them due to many data. For example this

  #relations: array:4 [▼
    "activecourses" => Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection {#1346 ▼
      #items: array:3 [▼
        0 => App\Models\Studentcourse {#1353 ▶}
        1 => App\Models\Studentcourse {#1354 ▼
          #guarded: []
          #connection: "mysql"
          #table: "studentcourses"
          #primaryKey: "id"
          #keyType: "int"
           incrementing: true
          #with: []
          #withCount: []
           preventsLazyLoading: false
          #perPage: 15
           exists: true
           wasRecentlyCreated: false
          #escapeWhenCastingToString: false
          #attributes: array:22 [ …22]
          #original: array:22 [ …22]
          #changes: []
          #casts: []
          #classCastCache: []
          #attributeCastCache: []
          #dates: []
          #dateFormat: null
          #appends: []
          #dispatchesEvents: []
          #observables: []
          #relations: array:1 [ …1]
          #touches: []
           timestamps: true
          #hidden: []
          #visible: []
          #fillable: []
        }
        2 => App\Models\Studentcourse {#1355 ▶}
      ]
      #escapeWhenCastingToString: false
    }

I found this link Laravel dd function limitations but I think its outdated since the new dd function for laravel 8 is

this is from vendor folder.

use Symfony\Component\VarDumper\VarDumper;

if (!function_exists('dump')) {
    /**
     * @author Nicolas Grekas <[email protected]>
     */
    function dump($var, ...$moreVars)
    {
        VarDumper::dump($var);

        foreach ($moreVars as $v) {
            VarDumper::dump($v);
        }

        if (1 < func_num_args()) {
            return func_get_args();
        }

        return $var;
    }
}

if (!function_exists('dd')) {
    /**
     * @return never
     */
    function dd(...$vars)
    {
        if (!in_array(\PHP_SAPI, ['cli', 'phpdbg'], true) && !headers_sent()) {
            header('HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error');
        }

        foreach ($vars as $v) {
            VarDumper::dump($v);
        }

        exit(1);
    }
}

Tried adding this lines before dd() but doesnt work

   ini_set('xdebug.var_display_max_depth', 100);
   ini_set('xdebug.var_display_max_children', 2000);
   ini_set('xdebug.var_display_max_data', 2000);

Is there any way or alternative in viewing nested data? I dont want to use var_dump or print_r since the browser becomes slow when there are lots of data. Thanks in advance.

CodePudding user response：

There are three ways I use the dd() method.

1. Printing to command line (either via written test or artisan tinker)
2. Printing to browser. You can do this if you're making use of Blade.
3. Printing to a Log file. Use the Log facade, for example Log::debug($activeForces)

Due to the large amount of data, it won't even be advisable to print out the content of your variable to screen. Try using the log file.

Alternatively, why don't you narrow down the content being die-dumped? For example: dd($activeForces[0])

CodePudding user response：

This question has already been answered here: Laravel dd function limitations

The Dumper is using Symfony's VarCloner which is extending the AbstractCloner. This class has a $maxItems attribute set to 2500.

Basically, you need to override Laravel Dumper as explained in the post's answers. You can also create a new method like ddd() allowing larger outputs with a custom Dumper.

Note that a very large dataset can crash your browser tab/window as the DOM size will grow with it.

Alternatively, if you really need to view this data "live" (ex: an API route), you could return JSON and check them with Postman or Chrome debugger (network tab, parsed payload).