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Document new environment variables and display options
sawmurai Dec 3, 2016
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18 changes: 11 additions & 7 deletions components/var_dumper/advanced.rst
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Expand Up @@ -183,7 +183,9 @@ them from re-implementing the logic required to walk through a

The :class:`Symfony\\Component\\VarDumper\\Dumper\\HtmlDumper` limits string
length and nesting depth of the output. These options can be overriden by
providing a third parameter when calling ``dump``::
providing a third parameter when calling
:method:`dump(Data $data) <Symfony\\Component\\VarDumper\\Dumper\\DataDumperInterface::dump>`
::

use Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Dumper\HtmlDumper;

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// Limit nesting to 1 level and string length to 160 characters (default)

The output format of a dumper can be fine tuned by the two flags ``DUMP_STRING_LENGTH``
and ``DUMP_LIGHT_ARRAY`` which are passed as a bitmap in the third constructor argument.
They can also be set via environment variables when using ``assertDumpEquals`` of the
:class:`Symfony\\Component\\VarDumper\\Test\\VarDumperTestTrait` during unit testing.
The flags can be configured in ``phpunit.xml.dist``.
The output format of a dumper can be fine tuned by the two flags
``DUMP_STRING_LENGTH`` and ``DUMP_LIGHT_ARRAY`` which are passed as a bitmap
in the third constructor argument. They can also be set via environment
variables when using
:method:`assertDumpEquals($dump, $data, $message) <Symfony\\Component\\VarDumper\\Test\\VarDumperTestTrait::assertDumpEquals>`
during unit testing. The flags can be configured in ``phpunit.xml.dist``.
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Maybe we should better say "in the PHPUnit configuration" (if you are working on a fork you will probably modify the phpunit.xml file to change the behaviour only locally).


* If ``DUMP_STRING_LENGTH`` is set, then the length of a string is displayed
next to its content.
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// 0 => "test"
// ]

* If you would like to use both options, then you can just combine them by using a the logical OR operator ``|``.
* If you would like to use both options, then you can just
combine them by using a the logical OR operator ``|``.

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