Function for dumping data to the error log. Courtesy of Justin Silver (https://www.justinsilver.com/technology/writing-to-the-php-error_log-with-var_dump-and-print_r/)

log_dump.php

function var_error_log( $object=null ){
    ob_start();                    // start buffer capture
    var_dump( $object );           // dump the values
    $contents = ob_get_contents(); // put the buffer into a variable
    ob_end_clean();                // end capture
    error_log( $contents );        // log contents of the result of var_dump( $object )
}
 
$object = new MyObject();
var_error_log( $object );