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Kevin
Kevin

Reputation: 25

How to var_dump SilverStripe variables in templates

I started using SilverStripe php CMS/Framework. Is there any way we can var_dump a variable in the .ss templates ?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2699

Answers (3)

Terry Apodaca
Terry Apodaca

Reputation: 51

Put either of these in your PHP code, most often in your Controller, where $myVariable is either a custom function or simply a variable to test what data is coming back. It should show up at the very top of your web page when you reload it...

Debug::show($myVariable); // formated output
// vs
print_r($myVariable); // unformated output

I can't recall if there's an actual .ss template variable that does anything like this other than creating a custom function and calling it like a normal template variable, which is no different then the above two options.

Upvotes: 0

Lamin Barrow
Lamin Barrow

Reputation: 889

You can use Debug::dump($theDataYouWantToDump) to dump any data in the browser or command line anywhere in your php Silverstripe codebase. Also, you can run .debug off of any DataObject, ViewableData object in the .ss template to view the underlying data.

Example, you can do this in your Silverstripe PageController class to dump out test data.

public function init(){
    parent::init();
    Debug::dump("dumping test data from the controller init function");
}

Or you can do some thing like this in your .ss template to dump out test data.

 $Page('home').debug

Hope that answers your question.

Upvotes: 4

Brett Tasker
Brett Tasker

Reputation: 219

Variables in SilverStripe's templates are pulled in via the controller. You should be able to var_dump the variable from the controller using PHP.

https://docs.silverstripe.org/en/4/developer_guides/templates/syntax/#variables

Upvotes: 0

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