I am working on a script that takes uploaded INI files and converts them to a database. The INI files are quite poorly written and created loops inside themselves. I am first converting the INIs into arrays, nested in the way that they will be inserted into database tables. But this means I am having 4 levels and deeper of arrays. More than var_dump will show.
echo "<pre>";
print_r(array);
echo "</pre>";
works, but it's not nicely formatted, and it's cumbersome, so I am hoping var_dump can be modified somehow to be allowed to go deeper. Is there such an option?
Thanks
-Edit, found the answer, it was a duplicate.
Posting as a clarification to other searchers.
Open your php.ini,
find the section called [xdebug]
add this to the end of the section xdebug.var_display_max_depth=-1
Keep in mind if you have xdebug installed it will limit the var_dump() output of array elements and object properties to 3 levels deep.
To change the default, edit your xdebug.ini file and add the folllowing line:
xdebug.var_display_max_depth=n
where n is your max level.
More information here: http://www.xdebug.org/docs/display