Symfony2: debug controller variables

Question

How to quickly access and view the variables that are used in the controller? I use xdebug, but it is often too much to see what is inside the object when passing through the controller.

Answer 1

You can get the variables defined in the current scope using the get_defined_vars () method and register it using the Monolog library, for example,

  $this->container->get('logger')->info('Local variables', get_defined_vars()); 

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