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henderjon/drop
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a simple function to inspect things

v1.3.0(10y ago)31.4k15BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP >=5.3.3

Since Apr 1Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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henderjon/drop
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drop is a simple function to inspect one or more variables in a PHP script and halt execution of that script. When debugging, I've found it helpful to simply kill a script and expose the actual type/contents or a var.

Peruse the tests or, if present, the examples directory to see usage.

`drop` has two incarnations. `drop()` uses `var_dump()` and `dropv()` uses `print_r()`. The main difference is that `dropv` will give you the full value of each arg where `drop` will give you the ellipsis on long values.

[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/fdad065cf8841c6027d4b611e83e51fb7137a39d7438e1257c8e3c199e8d6237/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f68656e6465726a6f6e2f64726f702f762f737461626c652e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/henderjon/drop)[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b9b7426d16e23486a20ce08ceb9cc067215d47c4d2df4d4b0845718021318ced/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f68656e6465726a6f6e2f64726f702e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/henderjon/drop)

###  Health Score

32

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LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

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 ~83 days

Recently: every ~134 days

Total

8

Last Release

3844d ago

Major Versions

v0.1.3 → v1.0.02014-05-16

PHP version history (3 changes)v0.1.0PHP >=5.4.0

v0.1.1PHP >=5.3.0

v1.1.0PHP >=5.3.3

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/15bb251b7550dc9a7ee1a7642fd6c4534f72797a17b3c913e9a15a4462979612?d=identicon)[henderjon](/maintainers/henderjon)

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

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