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gubler/var-dump-finder-task
===========================

Finds instances of var\_dump() in your source code.

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var-dump-finder-task
====================

[](#var-dump-finder-task)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/52a76f2d15862dbcde8f446178fa6a58314ad5e82bca811753b67baf00f98307/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6775626c65722f7661722d64756d702d66696e6465722d7461736b2e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/gubler/var-dump-finder-task)

[Phing](https://www.phing.info/) tasks to check for `var_dump()` usage in your source code. This is helpful as part of precommit checks to make sure you don't commit debug code into your repository.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Install this package through [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/):

```
composer.phar require gubler/var-dump-finder-task

```

Setup
-----

[](#setup)

You can import the task into your build:

```

```

Or define the `vardumpfinder` task in your `build.xml` file:

```

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

VarDumpFinderTask has two attributes and requires a `` of files to check.

#### Attributes

[](#attributes)

NameTypeDescriptionDefaulthaltonmatchBooleanhalt and fail the build if match foundfalsefindincommentsBooleanfind uses of var\_dump in commentsfalse#### Example

[](#example)

```

```

License
-------

[](#license)

gubler/var-dump-finder-task is released under the MIT license.

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

3720d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![gubler](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3446?v=4)](https://github.com/gubler "gubler (7 commits)")

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Tags

var\_dumpphing

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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