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

well formatted :

echo '<pre>';
\Doctrine\Common\Util\Debug::dump($user, $recurciveLevelToDisplay);
echo '</pre>';

Answer 2

Just use echo serialize($user);

Answer 3

Simple and easy example.

var_dump(serialize($Object));