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😅 Replace your dump / dd calls with dumpl / ddl to get the filepath and line number included. A simple but much needed feature! Works in both the browser and terminal.

Bonus: You can use the semantic history feature of iTerm to Command+Click the line number output in the terminal (You can customize which editor is chosen to open files via iTerm->Preferences->Profiles->Advanced->Semantic History)

Requirements

• Any version of laravel

Getting Started

You can install the package via composer:

composer require joeyrush/better-dd

...and that's all!

Usage

Exactly the same as dd:

dumpl($var1, $var2, $var3...);
ddl($var1, $var2, $var3...);

Configuration: Output Truncation

When using the dump helpers inside the terminal, often output can be difficult to read due to the size. Sometimes you surpass your terminals buffer length and lose some data. For that reason, we've provided some truncation options via a config.

Disclaimer: This feature only applies to terminal output because there is very little point in truncating output in the browser because they can be collapsed interactively.

First publish the config with artisan:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider=JoeyRush\\BetterDD\\BetterDDServiceProvider

The following configuration are now available to customize to your needs (see config/better-dd.php after running the publish command)

/**
 * The following configuration values apply to any dumpl($var) / ddl($var) function calls.
 */
return [
    /**
     * Truncate longs strings to a specified number of characters
     * Applies to all strings: i.e. actual strings and strings within variables etc.
     * Use -1 to disable truncation
     */
    'max_string_length' => -1,

    /**
     * Maximum depth of output
     * e.g. 2 will only show arrays within arrays. Anything deeper will get truncated to [...n]
     * where n represents the number of elements cut-off
     */
    'max_depth' => 20,
    'max_items_per_depth' => -1
];

Tests

After a composer install, run composer test