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alig96/dd-legacy
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Provides mechanisms for walking through any arbitrary PHP variable (for legacy projects)

1.1.0(5y ago)112MITPHPPHP >=5.3.3 <7.1.3

Since Mar 25Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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DD (Die and Dump) Legacy
========================

[](#dd-die-and-dump-legacy)

Summary
-------

[](#summary)

This library adds support for the Symfony (and other projects that use it such as Laravel) style `dd` function to projects that depend on a PHP version from `5.3.3` to `7.1.3`.

**If your project's PHP version is above `7.1.3`, then don't use this project. Require `symfony/var-dumper` [directly](https://symfony.com/components/VarDumper).**

```
composer require alig96/dd-legacy
```

Compatibility
-------------

[](#compatibility)

PHP VersionTested & Supported< 5.3❌5.3.29✅5.6.40✅7.0.33✅7.1.2✅> 7.1.2❌ (See above comment)See [test.md](./documentation/test.md) for more details about how these tests were conducted.

Notes
-----

[](#notes)

This project is a wrapper for [symfony/var-dumper](https://symfony.com/components/VarDumper) so please go contribute and support them for more great software.

###  Health Score

23

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LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Every ~6 days

Total

3

Last Release

1858d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.3 <7.1.3

1.0.1PHP >=5.3.3 <7.1.3

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

phpphp-libraryphp5php7php71debugdumpdd

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