+++
date = "2019-04-30T23:16:13+00:00"
publishdate = "2023-12-29T07:08:55+00:00"
title = "Variable Dumping Post Requests in PHP"
slug = "variable-dump-to-error-log"
author = "Thedro"
tags = ["php","snippets"]
type = "posts"
summary =  "This is a brilliant way to dump variables to a webserver's error log in PHP."
draft =  ""
syntax =  "1"
toc =  ""
updated =  ""
+++

{{< image source="/images/variable-dump-to-error-log.png" title="PHP Logo" >}}
PHP manual on `var_dump` {{< /image >}}

This is a brilliant way to dump variables to a webserver's error log in
{{< sidenote mark="`PHP`." set="right" >}} The
[source of this code snippet](https://gist.github.com/mkolb/2379498).
{{< /sidenote >}} This is especially helpful when experimenting with `POST`
requests in barebone environments.

```php
<?php
ob_start();
var_dump($this);
error_log(ob_get_clean());
```