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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 23:35:58 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] [VOTE] __debugInfo()
From: nicolas.grekas+php@gmail.com (Nicolas Grekas)

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Hi Sara,

https://wiki.php.net/rfc/debug-info
>

I can't resist telling you about
patchwork/dumper<https://github.com/nicolas-grekas/Patchwork-Dumper>because
it has all you seem to look for.
Except internal info that are hidden from user land, it has a higher
accuracy than var_dump(), because it can dump soft *and* hard references
inside complex data structures. It also offers tailor made output with the
ability to enrich objects/resources with custom
"casters"<https://github.com/nicolas-grekas/Patchwork-Dumper/tree/master/class/Patchwork/Dumper/Caster>
.

Maybe this can fuel some ideas?

For example, I would suggest that any error thrown from a call to
__debugInfo() should be ignored by var_dump()/print_r().

Cheers,
Nicolas

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