Too much data with var_dump in symfony2 doctrine2

Question

I have around 40 entities and many bidirectional relationships. Whenever i use var_dump($user) or any entity my browser gets loaded with too much data of arrays and variable

Answer 1

The problem is that in a bidirectional relationship both entities have a link to each other, so while displaying entity1 var_dump will also have to print all properties of entity2, which include entity1 itself giving you a loop.