Improve the default output of dump() and dd() in Laravel projects. Improves the default dump behavior for many core Laravel objects, including:

• Models
• Query Builders
• Service Container
• Database Connections
• Carbon Instances
• Requests and Responses

Install as a dev dependency:

# composer require glhd/laravel-dumper --dev

Just use dd() as you would normally, and enjoy the newly curated output!

If, for some reason, you really need the full debug output for an object that laravel-dumper customizes, you can do a "full" dump with ddf() and dumpf().

You can see comparisons between the default dd() output and the laravel-dumper output in the diffs directory of this repository.

Due to changes in how Laravel registers the var dumper it is no longer possible to register custom casters.