echo and (var_dump or print_r) showing completely different things on laravel object

Question

I have this code in laravel:

$languages = $languages->orderBy($sort_by,$sort_dir)
                ->take($limit)
                ->paginate($limit);

echo $languages->getCollection();
echo $languages->links();

These lines echo something but if I do

var_dump($languages->links())

I get a humongous recursive object that crashes my browser from how big it is

This is because of var_dumps on an object gives you it's child and parent class attributes and value related information also. — Alive to die - Anant, Mar 25 '15 at 14:30
laravel 5 handles better in this case. laravel 4 always crashed. — itachi, Mar 25 '15 at 14:33

Limon Monte · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-25T14:59:47.313

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In Laravel 5 you should use dd, e.g.:

dd($links);

or in view:

{{ dd($links) }}

dd will prevent those recursive warnings.

edited Mar 25 '15 at 14:59

answered Mar 25 '15 at 14:30

Limon Monte

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in laravel 4.2 ( the one I use ), dd crashes my browser by displaying a never-ending dump – ionescho Mar 25 '15 at 15:46

echo and (var_dump or print_r) showing completely different things on laravel object

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