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chevere/trace
=============

Tooling for handling debug\_backtrace items

2.0.2(9mo ago)137.2k—0.6%1[1 issues](https://github.com/chevere/trace/issues)7Apache-2.0PHPPHP ^8.1CI passing

Since Feb 8Pushed 9mo ago1 watchersCompare

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Trace
=====

[](#trace)

[![Chevere](chevere.svg)](chevere.svg)

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Summary
-------

[](#summary)

Tooling for handling [debug\_backtrace](https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.debug-backtrace.php) items.

Installing
----------

[](#installing)

Trace is available through [Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/chevere/trace) and the repository source is at [chevere/trace](https://github.com/chevere/trace).

```
composer require chevere/trace
```

Creating a Trace
----------------

[](#creating-a-trace)

Create a Trace by passing a PHP `debug_backtrace` array and a format object.

```
use Chevere\Trace\Formats\PlainFormat;
use Chevere\Trace\Trace;

$debugBacktrace = debug_backtrace();
$format = new PlainFormat();
$trace = new Trace($debugBacktrace, $format);
```

To Array
--------

[](#to-array)

Use method `toArray` to get an array representation of the formatted trace.

```
$array = $trace->toArray();
```

To String
---------

[](#to-string)

Use method `__toString` to get a string representation of the formatted trace.

```
$string = $trace->__toString();
```

Table
-----

[](#table)

Use method `table` to get the array used to translate template keys to values.

```
$table = $trace->table();
```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

Documentation is available at [chevere.org](https://chevere.org/packages/trace).

License
-------

[](#license)

Copyright [Rodolfo Berrios A.](https://rodolfoberrios.com/)

Chevere is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for the full license text.

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

###  Health Score

41

—

FairBetter than 87% of packages

Maintenance36

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity31

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity69

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~48 days

Recently: every ~135 days

Total

28

Last Release

295d ago

Major Versions

0.9.x-dev → 1.0.02024-01-09

1.0.x-dev → 2.0.02024-06-03

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a87fbbcb1518fe64878bc53dedd9f61b81243cbb21b73c26f5e299d501375984?d=identicon)[rodolfo](/maintainers/rodolfo)

---

Top Contributors

[![rodber](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/20590102?v=4)](https://github.com/rodber "rodber (69 commits)")

---

Tags

cheverephpphp-library

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StyleECS

Type Coverage Yes

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```

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