According to this article, http://devzone.zend.com/article/2803, var_dump is supposed to beautify the outputs.
I have installed xdebug on my local host with PHP Version 5.3.3-1ubuntu9.2. I have this in my php.ini outputs.
This program makes use of the Zend Scripting Language Engine: Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2010 Zend Technologies with Xdebug v2.1.0, Copyright (c) 2002-2010, by Derick Rethans
However when I use var_dump(), nothing changes.
Does xdebug really beautify the var_dump outputs?
If so, how can I fix it?
This is my details of xdebug in php.ini
xdebug
xdebug support enabled
Version 2.1.0
Supported protocols Revision
DBGp - Common DeBuGger Protocol $Revision: 1.145 $
Directive Local Value Master Value
xdebug.auto_trace Off Off
xdebug.collect_assignments Off Off
xdebug.collect_includes On On
xdebug.collect_params 0 0
xdebug.collect_return Off Off
xdebug.collect_vars Off Off
xdebug.default_enable On On
xdebug.dump.COOKIE no value no value
xdebug.dump.ENV no value no value
xdebug.dump.FILES no value no value
xdebug.dump.GET no value no value
xdebug.dump.POST no value no value
xdebug.dump.REQUEST no value no value
xdebug.dump.SERVER no value no value
xdebug.dump.SESSION no value no value
xdebug.dump_globals On On
xdebug.dump_once On On
xdebug.dump_undefined Off Off
xdebug.extended_info On On
xdebug.file_link_format no value no value
xdebug.idekey netbeans-xdebug netbeans-xdebug
xdebug.manual_url http://www.php.net http://www.php.net
xdebug.max_nesting_level 100 100
xdebug.overload_var_dump On On
xdebug.profiler_aggregate Off Off
xdebug.profiler_append Off Off
xdebug.profiler_enable On On
xdebug.profiler_enable_trigger Off Off
xdebug.profiler_output_dir /tmp /tmp
xdebug.profiler_output_name cachegrind.out.%p cachegrind.out.%p
xdebug.remote_autostart Off Off
xdebug.remote_connect_back Off Off
xdebug.remote_cookie_expire_time 3600 3600
xdebug.remote_enable On On
xdebug.remote_handler dbgp dbgp
xdebug.remote_host localhost localhost
xdebug.remote_log no value no value
xdebug.remote_mode req req
xdebug.remote_port 9000 9000
xdebug.scream Off Off
xdebug.show_exception_trace Off Off
xdebug.show_local_vars Off Off
xdebug.show_mem_delta Off Off
xdebug.trace_format 0 0
xdebug.trace_options 0 0
xdebug.trace_output_dir /tmp /tmp
xdebug.trace_output_name trace.%c trace.%c
xdebug.var_display_max_children 128 128
xdebug.var_display_max_data 512 512
xdebug.var_display_max_depth 3 3
Thanks in advance.
The function var_dump() displays structured information (type and value) about one or more expressions/variables. Arrays and objects are explored recursively with values indented to show structure. All public, private and protected properties of objects will be returned in the output.
var_dump() displays values along with data types as output. print_r() displays only value as output. It does not have any return type. It will return a value that is in string format.
@JMTyler var_export returns a parsable string—essentially PHP code—while var_dump provides a raw dump of the data. So, for example, if you call var_dump on an integer with the value of 1, it would print int(1) while var_export just prints out 1 .
When Xdebug is running, it will call back to your IDE (like PhpStorm or VS Code) from the server where it's running. Your IDE will sit and listen for that connection on a specific port (typically port 9000 or 9003).
You need to have html errors turned on in your php config as well
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