After I write:
Route::get('/', function()
{
dd(User::all());
});
And after I refresh the browser I get an unreadable array. Is there a way to get that array in a readable format?
9 Answers
dd() dumps the variable and ends the execution of the script (1), so surrounding it with <pre> tags will leave it broken. Just use good ol' var_dump() (or print_r() if you know it's an array)
Route::get('/', function()
{
echo '<pre>';
var_dump(User::all());
echo '</pre>';
//exit; <--if you want
});
Update:
I think you could format down what's shown by having Laravel convert the model object to array:
Route::get('/', function()
{
echo '<pre>';
$user = User::where('person_id', '=', 1);
var_dump($user->toArray()); // <---- or toJson()
echo '</pre>';
//exit; <--if you want
});
(1) For the record, this is the implementation of dd():
function dd()
{
array_map(function($x) { var_dump($x); }, func_get_args()); die;
}
7 Comments
Gilko
This gives indeed a readable array :) Another problem is that it gives a very large array and the information I need is at the bottom of the page.
Damien Pirsy
Well, what information do you want? You could dump other methods to filter down to what you actually need. User::all() returns the whole object indeed
Gilko
I just want the array of the User object. I gave this in my route: User::find(6)->where('person_id' == 1) and the page gives me an array that begins with "Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder Object (..." I have to scroll al the way down to get the array of the User object.
Damien Pirsy
Try having Lravel convert to array, see updated answer
Damien Pirsy
I think the where() syntax was inaccurate. I almost never use Eloquent, I have to admit (always prefer the Query Builder))
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actually a much easier way to get a readable array of what you (probably) want to see, is instead of using
dd($users);
or
dd(User::all());
use this
dd($users->toArray());
or
dd(User::all()->toArray());
which is a lot nicer to debug with.
EDIT - additional, this also works nicely in your views / templates so if you pass the get all users to your template, you can then dump it into your blade template
{{ dd($users->toArray()) }}
2 Comments
Lulu
This is the right (and better) way to do it in Laravel.
mickmackusa
See Flame's comment stackoverflow.com/questions/59734167/…
Maybe try kint: composer require raveren/kint "dev-master" More information: Why is my debug data unformatted?
Comments
For everyone still searching for a nice way to achieve this, the recommended way is the dump() function from symfony/var-dumper.
It is added to documentation since version 5.2: https://laravel.com/docs/5.2/helpers#method-dd
Comments
as suggested, you can use 'die and dump' such as
dd($var)
or only 'dump', without dying,
dump($var)
Comments
Weird that nobody pointed out to Symfony VarDumper, simply do:
\Symfony\Component\VarDumper\VarDumper::dump($data);
Comments
You can use var_dump or print_r functions on Blade themplate via Controller functions :
class myController{
public function showView(){
return view('myView',["myController"=>$this]);
}
public function myprint($obj){
echo "<pre>";
print_r($obj);
echo "</pre>";
}
}
And use your blade themplate :
$myController->myprint($users);
Comments
I have added a helper da() to Laravel which in fact works as an alias for dd($object->toArray())
Here is the Gist: https://gist.github.com/TommyZG/0505eb331f240a6324b0527bc588769c
<pre>ARRAY_DUMP_CODE</pre>tags