Title: var_dump($query)
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# var_dump($query)

 *  [pinokio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lapanwebsite/)
 * (@lapanwebsite)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/var_dumpquery/)
 * how do i var_dump query from function
 *     ```
       function dp_section_box($args = array()) {
           $defaults = array(
               'post_type' => 'post',
               'cat' => '',
               'taxonomies' => array(),
               'view' => 'grid-small',
               'title' => '',
               'link' => '',
               'post__in' => '',
               'posts_per_page' => '',
               'hide_if_empty' => false
           );
           $args = wp_parse_args($args, $defaults);
           extract($args);
   
           $posts_per_page = absint($posts_per_page);
           // Set default posts number if no specified
           if(empty($posts_per_page)) {
               if($view == 'grid-mini')
                   $posts_per_page = 8;
               elseif($view == 'grid-small')
                   $posts_per_page = 6;
               elseif($view == 'grid-medium')
                   $posts_per_page = 4;
               elseif($view == 'list-small')
                   $posts_per_page = 3;
               elseif($view == 'list-medium')
                   $posts_per_page = 2;
               elseif($view == 'list-large')
                   $posts_per_page = 1;
           }
           $args['posts_per_page'] = $posts_per_page;
   
           $args = dp_parse_query_args($args);
           $query = new WP_Query($args);
   
       }
   
       ; ?>
       ```
   
 * inside some template to check if its working?

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 *  [juggledad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juggledad/)
 * (@juggledad)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/var_dumpquery/#post-6842691)
 * just put it in
    `var_dump($query);`
 * btw, it looks like you have an extra ‘;’ on the last line.

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