Workaround:
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public function dump($var)
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{
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ini_set('html_errors', 'On');
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ob_start();
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var_dump($var);
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$dump = ob_get_contents();
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ob_end_clean();
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echo strip_tags(html_entity_decode($dump));
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}
#

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[16:54:23][giorgio@Marty:~/svn/doctrine2/tests]$ phpunit Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/DetachedEntityTest.php
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PHPUnit 3.3.17 by Sebastian Bergmann.
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object(Doctrine\ORM\PersistentCollection)[180]
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private '_type' => null
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private '_snapshot' =>
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array
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empty
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private '_owner' => null
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private '_association' => null
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private '_keyField' => null
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private '_em' => null
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private '_backRefFieldName' => null
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private '_typeClass' => null
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private '_isDirty' => boolean true
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protected '_initialized' => boolean true
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protected '_elements' =>
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array
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0 =>
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object(Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsPhonenumber)[181]
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...
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1 =>
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object(Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsPhonenumber)[182]
#
...