From 76000773d27f1047ad8a312b59452e478e69ed02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: erikn69 <erikn_69@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 11:57:21 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Collect dumps on message collector

---
 config/debugbar.php     | 3 ++-
 src/LaravelDebugbar.php | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/config/debugbar.php b/config/debugbar.php
index 5f57de24c..c6f8d7725 100644
--- a/config/debugbar.php
+++ b/config/debugbar.php
@@ -203,7 +203,8 @@
             'memory_usage' => false,  // Calculated by subtracting memory start and end, it may be inaccurate
         ],
         'messages' => [
-            'trace' => true,   // Trace the origin of the debug message
+            'trace' => true,          // Trace the origin of the debug message
+            'capture_dumps' => false, // Capture laravel `dump();` as message
         ],
         'memory' => [
             'reset_peak' => false,     // run memory_reset_peak_usage before collecting
diff --git a/src/LaravelDebugbar.php b/src/LaravelDebugbar.php
index 54830d804..ca45dd68e 100644
--- a/src/LaravelDebugbar.php
+++ b/src/LaravelDebugbar.php
@@ -188,6 +188,12 @@ public function boot()
             if ($config->get('debugbar.options.messages.trace', true)) {
                 $this['messages']->collectFileTrace(true);
             }
+
+            if ($config->get('debugbar.options.messages.capture_dumps', false)) {
+                \Symfony\Component\VarDumper\VarDumper::setHandler(function ($var) {
+                    self::addMessage($var);
+                });
+            }
         }
 
         if ($this->shouldCollect('time', true)) {