Methods of Debugging by dumping information
These methods are used for debugging in PHP. We can see the variable values in human-readable form on the console and can find errors in case there are issues due to variables incorrect values. print_r() and var_dump() are used in core PHP as well as its Framework. dd() is newly introduced in Laravel.
- print_r():
This command gives the human-readable information about a variable.
Syntax-$variable = Account::all(); print_r($variable); die();
In the above example, die() will stop executing a further line of code. This will give us structured output as shown below-
- var_dump():
This command also gives readable information but in a nonstructured manner.
Syntax-$variable = Account::all(); var_dump($variable); die();
Similarly, as print_r() example, this also gives output in the console and stops further execution. The output is not properly readable. Here is the output that you will see-
- dd():
Here ‘dd’ stands for “Dump and Die”. This means it will give the variable value and stop executing further code. We do not have to explicitly write die() command.
Syntax-$variable = Account::all(); dd($variable);
This will also give us information in the form of collection and we have to open each sub-collections to see each value.
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