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dutymess/chalk
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Easy tracepoint generator at the middle of procedures where creating breakpoints is not that easy.

v0.6.2(6y ago)31.7k↓80%MITPHPPHP >=7.0

Since Sep 20Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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Introduction
------------

[](#introduction)

Sometimes you need to have tracepoints inside your procedures, without breaking it with dumping some data.

Sometimes it's not very easy to use `dd()` or similar ways to see what's going on.

`Chalk` will utilize Laravel caching tools to make this work like a breeze.

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer require dutymess/chalk
```

Simple Usage
------------

[](#simple-usage)

⚠️ For security reasons, `Chalk` works when and only when the application is in the debug mode.

### In the Tracepoint

[](#in-the-tracepoint)

Easily store what you want to monitor later. A timestamp is added automatically.

```
chalk()->write($anything);
```

where

- `$anything` is a variable of any type, but is more efficient if provided in the type of string.

In a Safe Place
---------------

[](#in-a-safe-place)

A safe place is somewhere out of your procedure. This could be a blank testing page, or simply the `tinker` tool in the terminal console.

Read stored data, ordered by the timestamp.

```
chalk()->read();
```

An array of stored data, together with the carbon timestamps will be returned in the form of an array.

### Example

[](#example)

❗️ To be Added ❗️

Advanced Usage
--------------

[](#advanced-usage)

### Custom Stacks

[](#custom-stacks)

Sometimes, there are lots of things to be traced. Putting them all in a single array would make it difficult to track the changes.

To solve this problem, you may specify a custom stack name when calling the `chalk()` helper.

```
chalk('jafar')->write('something');
chalk('jafar')->read();
```

### Clearing Data

[](#clearing-data)

You may want to reset the current data and start clean at your first tracepoint.

```
chalk()->clear();
```

Of course, you may clear your data stored in the custom stacks as well.

```
chalk('jafar')->clear();
```

In some odd cases, you may want to clear all the stored data in all available stacks.

```
chalk()->clearAllStacks();
```

### Custom Expire Time

[](#custom-expire-time)

By default, `Chalk()` stores data in the cache for just ten minutes. This should be pretty enough to see what's going on.

However, you may override this default behavior by setting a custom timeout.

```
chalk()::setTimeout($minutes);
```

License
-------

[](#license)

`Chalk` is open-sourced and licensed under the [MIT license](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 52% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

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 ~75 days

Recently: every ~93 days

Total

6

Last Release

2469d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/19936104?v=4)[Taha Kamkar](/maintainers/dutymess)[@dutymess](https://github.com/dutymess)

---

Top Contributors

[![dutymess](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/19936104?v=4)](https://github.com/dutymess "dutymess (16 commits)")

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Tags

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