@dd

@dd is "dump and die", as in Laravel: it prints a value and stops rendering. Nothing after it in the section is rendered, so it is useful to check the value at one exact point. The difference from Laravel is the scope: Propel stops only the section it is in, so the layout still finishes and the page loads.

@dd($post)
<p>This line is not rendered.</p>

Live example

The dump below stops this section. The text after it in the section should not appear, but the footer and the navigation still load.

$post
array:4 
[
"body" => "The first post, rendered by the dev renderer."
"id" => 1
"published_at" => "2026-11-05"
"title" => "Hello, Propel"
]