feature #10204 Explain dump server usage outside of Symfony (skunkbad, weaverryan)

weaverryan · weaverryan · commit 73f87557a4b3 · 2018-08-28T15:22:55.000-04:00
This PR was merged into the 4.1 branch. Discussion ---------- Explain dump server usage outside of Symfony Took hours for me to figure out how to use the dump server outside of Symfony, because there is no mention that it can be done, and one must use the ServerDumper class to make it work.  Commits ------- d360452 minor language tweak eac5218 Explain dump server usage outside of Symfony
diff --git a/components/var_dumper.rst b/components/var_dumper.rst
@@ -119,6 +119,20 @@ Inside a Symfony application, the output of the dump server is configured with
 the :ref:`dump_destination option <configuration-debug-dump_destination>` of the
 ``debug`` package.
 
+Outside a Symfony application, use the ``ServerDumper`` class:
+
+    require __DIR__.'/vendor/autoload.php';
+    
+    use Symfony\Component\VarDumper\VarDumper;
+    use Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Cloner\VarCloner;
+    use Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Dumper\ServerDumper;
+    
+    VarDumper::setHandler(function ($var) {
+      $cloner = new VarCloner();
+      $dumper = new ServerDumper('tcp://127.0.0.1:9912');     
+      $dumper->dump($cloner->cloneVar($var));
+    });
+
 DebugBundle and Twig Integration
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