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It's a PHP library that provides an alternative to `var_dump` and `dump` functions. It's designed to be used in development environments to help you debug your code. Features -------- [](#features) - Colorful output with automatic light/dark modes - HTML, Console, and Plain text output - No JavaScript required - Displays modifiers, types, values, references, and more - Recursive detection - Foldable arrays and objects with indentation display - Lightweight codebase Installing ---------- [](#installing) VarDump is available through [Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/chevere/var-dump) and the repository source is at [chevere/var-dump](https://github.com/chevere/var-dump). Run the following command to install VarDump as a development dependency of your project: ``` composer require --dev chevere/var-dump ``` Quick start ----------- [](#quick-start) - Use `vd` to dump information about any variable (replaces `var_dump` and `dump`) - Use `vdd` to do the same as `vd` and `die(0)` (replaces `dd`) ``` vd($myVar); // var dump vdd($myVar); // var dump and die ``` Demo ---- [](#demo) [![HTML demo dark](demo/demo-dark.png)](demo/demo-dark.png) [![HTML demo light](demo/demo-light.png)](demo/demo-light.png) - [HTML](https://chevere.github.io/var-dump/demo/output/html.html) - [Plain text](https://chevere.github.io/var-dump/demo/output/plain.txt) - [Console (asciinema)](https://asciinema.org/a/496889) Documentation ------------- [](#documentation) Documentation is available at [chevere.org](https://chevere.org/packages/var-dump). 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 55 — FairBetter than 97% of packages Maintenance78 Regular maintenance activity Popularity39 Limited adoption so far Community18 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity70 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 ~37 days Recently: every ~27 days Total 41 Last Release 110d ago Major Versions 0.9.0 → 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 (160 commits)") --- Tags cheverephpvar\_dumpddchevere ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit Static AnalysisPHPStan Code StyleECS Type Coverage Yes ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/chevere-var-dump/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/chevere-var-dump/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/chevere-var-dump) ``` ### Alternatives [chevere/parameter Dynamic parameter-argument validation for PHP with rich type constraints, attributes, and schema introspection. 1027.1k23](/packages/chevere-parameter)[thejano/laravel-domain-driven-design Helps to use domain driven design within laravel 15424.8k](/packages/thejano-laravel-domain-driven-design)[chevere/workflow Declarative workflow engine for PHP with automatic dependency resolution, sync/async job execution, and type-safe response chaining. 1702.0k2](/packages/chevere-workflow)[xrdebug/php PHP client library for xrDebug 23823.2k3](/packages/xrdebug-php) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)