HI when running the debugger, all of the variable contents are truncated
how can I set this to no limit?, to actually see the whole thing?
There isn't an option to set "no limit" but you can increase the limit
within the XDebug config. Within Eclipse go to Window -> Preferences ->
PHP -> Debug -> Installed Debuggers. Highlight XDebug and click
"Configure". Within the window that pops up you can see the array depth
and the max children. Setting those values higher will give you more
data back about your variables.
If you are needing information on a specific element within a variable
array then it is sometimes better to watch that specific element without
trying to get the whole array. If you go to Window -> Show View ->
Expressions you can see your watched expressions. Then you can add an
expression there or within your code you can highlight the variable call
and right click -> watch to add it to your watched expressions.