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1tomany/pretty-print
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A simple, no dependency library to format PHP values as strings

v0.0.1(2mo ago)06MITPHPPHP >=8.0

Since Mar 3Pushed 2mo agoCompare

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Pretty Print for PHP
====================

[](#pretty-print-for-php)

This small library is a handy utility for pretty printing a wide variety of PHP values as strings. It is particularly useful if you wish to safely print unstructured user input; a URL encoded HTTP request for instance.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require 1tomany/pretty-print

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use function OneToMany\PrettyPrint\pretty_print;

var_dump(pretty_print(null)); // string(4) "null"
var_dump(pretty_print(true)); // string(4) "true"
var_dump(pretty_print(false)); // string(5) "false"
var_dump(pretty_print(0)); // string(1) "0"
var_dump(pretty_print(1.0)); // string(3) "1.0"
var_dump(pretty_print(\M_PI)); // string(15) "3.1415926535898"
var_dump(pretty_print('PHP')); // string(5) ""PHP""
var_dump(pretty_print([])); // string(2) "[]"
var_dump(pretty_print(['A', 'B'])); // string(10) "["A", "B"]"
var_dump(pretty_print(['name' => 'Vic'])); // string(15) "[name => "Vic"]"
var_dump(pretty_print(new \DateTimeImmutable())); // string(25) "2026-03-03T17:36:40+00:00"
var_dump(pretty_print('This string is longer than 32 characters', 32)); // string(37) ""This string is longer than 32 ch...""
var_dump(pretty_print(\fopen('file.txt', 'r'))); // string(7) "unknown"
```

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Vic Cherubini](https://github.com/viccherubini), [1:N Labs, LLC](https://1tomany.com)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance85

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity29

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

76d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/60762?v=4)[Vic Cherubini](/maintainers/viccherubini)[@viccherubini](https://github.com/viccherubini)

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Top Contributors

[![viccherubini](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/60762?v=4)](https://github.com/viccherubini "viccherubini (25 commits)")

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Tags

print\_rvar\_dumpvardumpvar-dumperVarDumperpretty-printPrintr

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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