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javiereguiluz authored Dec 3, 2016
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The destination and the formatting of this output vary with dumpers and are
influenced by two environment variables:

* If ``DUMP_STRING_LENGTH`` is set, then the length of a string is displayed next to its content.
* If ``DUMP_STRING_LENGTH`` is set, then the length of a string is displayed
next to its content.
* If ``DUMP_LIGHT_ARRAY`` is set, then arrays are not displayed completely.
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I don't fully understand the purpose of this option. Looking for DUMP_LIGHT_ARRAY in the code didn't help me either. What does exactly this option do? Thanks!

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I described the flags in more detail now and moved the section to the end of the paragraph. :)


This component comes with an :class:`Symfony\\Component\\VarDumper\\Dumper\\HtmlDumper`
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them from re-implementing the logic required to walk through a
:class:`Symfony\\Component\\VarDumper\\Cloner\\Data` object's internal structure.

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``::
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``::

use Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Dumper\HtmlDumper;

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