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idealogica/debug
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Debugging tools: Symfony VarDumper and Chrome Logger in one package.

1.1.3(6y ago)13.8k4MITPHPPHP >=5.5.9

Since Jan 30Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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Debugging tools: Symfony VarDumper and Chrome Logger in one package
===================================================================

[](#debugging-tools-symfony-vardumper-and-chrome-logger-in-one-package)

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require idealogica/debug:~1.1.0

```

How to use?
-----------

[](#how-to-use)

There are few global functions provided by this package that can be used for any kind of debugging:

#### dump()

[](#dump)

Dumps given arguments using symfony/var-dumper.

#### dd(), \_dump()

[](#dd-_dump)

Dumps given arguments using symfony/var-dumper and stops execution.

#### trace()

[](#trace)

Prints backtrace in HTML or CLI mode.

#### var\_dump()

[](#var_dump)

Build-in PHP function.

#### var\_dd(), \_var\_dump()

[](#var_dd-_var_dump)

Dumps given arguments using var\_dump (build-in PHP function) and stops execution.

#### var\_trace()

[](#var_trace)

Prints backtrace.

#### js\_dump()

[](#js_dump)

Dumps given arguments using Javascript (console::log).

#### js\_dd(), \_js\_dump()

[](#js_dd-_js_dump)

Dumps given arguments using Javascript (console::log) and stops execution.

#### js\_trace()

[](#js_trace)

Sends backtrace using Javascript (console::log).

#### cl\_dump()

[](#cl_dump)

Dumps given arguments using Chrome Logger.

#### cl\_dd(), \_cl\_dump()

[](#cl_dd-_cl_dump)

Dumps given arguments using Chrome Logger and stops execution.

#### cl\_trace()

[](#cl_trace)

Sends backtrace using Chrome Logger.

#### profile()

[](#profile)

Calculates code execution time. Call it twice to get time in seconds between these calls.

License
-------

[](#license)

Licensed under a [MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

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 ~132 days

Recently: every ~245 days

Total

11

Last Release

2437d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1dfe693e24f13322ee0ab1de94b76274aa9bedfd1f0951913c44a971ad8d4cb8?d=identicon)[idealogica](/maintainers/idealogica)

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Tags

debugdebuggingchromeloggerprint\_rvar\_dumpdumpervar-dumperchrome-logger

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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