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behat/debug-extension
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Debug Behat scenarios and print any information to command line

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Behat Debug Extension
=====================

[](#behat-debug-extension)

Print any information you'd like to a command line during the test suite execution.

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Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Add `@debug` tag to your feature definition:

```
@debug
Feature: Test

  Scenario: Test
  # ...
```

Add extension to your configuration file:

```
default:
  extensions:
    Behat\DebugExtension: ~
```

Extend your object with a trait:

```
use Behat\DebugExtension\Debugger;

class Example
{
    use Debugger;
}
```

Use the `debug` method wherever you like:

```
public function method()
{
    // ...
    self::debug([
        'Function arguments: %s',
        'Second line',
    ], [
        var_export(func_get_args(), true),
    ]);
    // ...
}
```

As you can see the `debug` method processed by `sprintf()` function, so second argument for a method is an array of placeholders.

### Messages

[](#messages)

Also, with this extension, you able to print styled messages to a command line.

```
new \Behat\DebugExtension\Message('comment', 2, [
    'This is a first line of a message that will be printed to a command line.',
    'Read documentation for this class to know how to use it.',
]);
```

### Programmatic usage

[](#programmatic-usage)

```
export BEHAT_DEBUG=true
```

This environment variable tells that messages should be printed in any way.

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity32

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3707d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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