laravel-debug-helpers.php

<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Debug\HtmlDumper;
use Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Dumper\CliDumper;
use Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Cloner\VarCloner;

if(!function_exists('d')) {
    /**
     * Dump the passed variables in place on page. Primarily for views.
     * @param  mixed
     * @return void
     */
    function d() {

        $cloner = new VarCloner;
        $dumper = new HtmlDumper();

        foreach(func_get_args() as $x){
            $clone = $cloner->cloneVar($x);
            // echo by default
            $dumper->dump($clone);
        }
    }
}

if(!function_exists('dl')) {

    /**
     * Dump the passed variables to the log.
     * @param  mixed
     * @return void
     */
    function dl() {

        $cloner = new VarCloner;
        $dumper = new CliDumper;

        $logLineWriter = function($line, $depth, $indentPad) {
            if (-1 !== $depth) {
                \Log::debug(str_repeat($indentPad, $depth).$line);
            }
        };

        foreach(func_get_args() as $x){
            $clone = $cloner->cloneVar($x);
            $dumper->dump($clone, $logLineWriter);
        }
    }
}