Easily convert Doctrine Entities into readable array for debugging

BaseEntity.php

<?php
namespace App\Entity;

abstract class BaseEntity
{

    public function toArray()
    {
        $properties['__type'] = get_class($this);
        $properties += get_object_vars($this);
        foreach ($properties as $key => $value) {
            if ($value instanceof BaseEntity) {
                $properties[$key] = $value->toArray();
            } elseif ($value instanceof \DateTime) {
                $properties[$key] = $value->format("Y-m-d H:i:s");
            }
        }
        return $properties;
    }


}