Looking for easy way to analyze var_dump (PHP) on large objects [closed]
Question
I know (PHP's) var_dump is supposed to be "human readable" and all, but analyzing large objects is just a pain in the neck. I am struggling to make sense of a few of the large objects that are being passed around in a script that we are running. (I know that using xdebug with and IDE is a good idea, but I have not been able to get xdebug to run on this project for some reason - several days lost, ugh).
Any ideas on how I can easily digest the contents of a really big var_dump? Any ideas are welcome... Although I am hoping that there is something similar to Thomas Frank's JSON tool (where you just put some code in and it gives a nice graphical representation).
OTHER TIPS
I'd just use dBug.
I made a var_dump alternative you should like:
http://raveren.github.io/kint/
Screenshot demonstrating content-aware features:
(source: github.io)
Interesting question. I'd make my own var_dump() equivalent based on some recursive function. With some parameters (such as nesting level, certain element name, etc) to pass it could be quite useful I think.