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hakre/print\_r-converter
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The Print\_r Converter - a PHP tool that is able to convert `print\_r()`-output into PHP code.

0.2.2(5y ago)26165[1 issues](https://github.com/hakre/print_r-converter/issues)AGPL-3.0-or-laterPHPPHP >= 7.3

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Print\_r Converter
==================

[](#print_r-converter)

The Print\_r Converter - a PHP tool that is able to convert `print_r()`-output into PHP code.

[![print_r converser screenshot](screen.png)](screen.png)

It has grown out of Stackoverflow where users were pasting array data from [`print_r()`](http://php.net/print_r) in their questions.

Getting Started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

Clone the project and start serving from the public directory:

```
composer create-project hakre/print_r-converter
php -S localhost:8106 -t print_r-converter/public

```

Then open Print\_r Converter in your browser:

```
http://localhost:8106/

```

Trivia
------

[](#trivia)

- [Webarto](http://stackoverflow.com/users/424004/webarto) did kindly host it publicly in the past.

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 21% of packages

Maintenance19

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity37

Early-stage or recently created project

 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

1850d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/378849?v=4)[hakre](/maintainers/hakre)[@hakre](https://github.com/hakre)

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Top Contributors

[![hakre](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/378849?v=4)](https://github.com/hakre "hakre (9 commits)")

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