Laravel - print_r in twig view

Question

I have a "simple" question I would hope, and that is how can I print_r or at least see the contents of all defined variables in a twig file.

I have tried: {{ variable }} (where variable is an array set for the view

$viewData['variable'] = array('1','2','3');

in the controller.

I have also tried: {{ $variable }} That gives an error.

I would just want to know what is available from my array in the twig file.

Answer 1

You could use the built in {{ dump() }} function. See the documentation.

If you use it without any value in the brackets it will dump all variables available. For dumping only your array you would do it like this:

{{ dump(viewData) }}

With something like xdebug the output looks quite nice and is readable.

array (size=3)
  0 => string '1' (length=1)
  1 => string '2' (length=1)
  2 => string '3' (length=1)

Although the documentation says it's not available by default it was added in twig 1.5 and should be ready to use by default.

Of course not the same as print_r but with xdebug enabled it outputs nice and readable var_dump information.