How to get xdebug var_dump to show full object/array

Question

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?

Answer 1

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.