Framework: Laravel dd($array) displays non-structured array in Chrome developer tools

[Sergey1983]

• Laravel Version: #.#.#
• PHP Version: 7.1.3
• Database Driver & Version: InnoDB

Description:

I have noticed that writing in Laravel's Controller:
dd($array)
outputs an un-structured view of array in Chrome Developer Tools (chome 61.0.3163.91 64-bit, MAC OS).

before it was something like:

here is what I see in Chrome->DevTools->Network->Response:
response.txt

Steps To Reproduce:

(1) Create a controller and link it to web route.
(2) Create array ($array) inside a controller and dd($array);
(3) Load url for a route and see Chrome->DevTools->Network->Preview:

[Kyslik]

Its because you are getting "dd" result (var_dump() kind with types). Chrome dev tools preview only valid JSON data the way you seek.

Try

echo json_encode($array);
die();

[Dylan-DPC]

This isn't a bug and can be closed :+1:

[Sergey1983]

Hi! But I still think it's a bug. Maybe of Chrome.
Here are screenshots:
1) my code with dd

2) output in most recent version of Chrome in DevTools

3) output in previous Chrome version:

It's obviuosly the Chrome version that causes the problem.

[rafwell]

This bug is back on Chrome 72. Also for laravel 5.5. The easiets solution (for me and for now), is downgrade google-crome-stable to version 71.

You can download here: https://www.slimjet.com/chrome/google-chrome-old-version.php

[bryandease]

I agree with @rafwell on this one. In my case the preview pane was completely blank when moving to version 72 of google and doing a simple dd(). Going back to 71 is the only thing that worked for me.

[robclancy]

Just for the record this is also broken on Chrome 73.

[devcircus]

Isn't dd() a symfony helper? Maybe 5.5 still has the laravel version though.

[driesvints]

@devcircus I believe it wasn't in 2017. This thread is a tad old.

[duyngha]

same for me.

It shows blank. Nothing is showed. I have to use var_dump and die instead.

[driesvints]

I'm locking this as I doubt anyone can contribute anything more than reporting that they also have the bug. This doesn't seems like anything we can fix ourselves.