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keversc/var-trumper
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Add a citation of D. Trump to your dumps while debugging

0.6.0(1y ago)161.6k1[1 issues](https://github.com/kevin-verschaeve/var-trumper/issues)MITPHPPHP >=5.6

Since Nov 25Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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VarTrumper
==========

[](#vartrumper)

Make VarDumper Great Again

Unofficial var dumper
=====================

[](#unofficial-var-dumper)

(from the US president)

This use the symfony VarDumper component

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

[](#installation)

In order to install this amazing lib, please run:

```
$ composer require --dev keversc/var-trumper

```

**Your PHP version must be 5.6 or higher**

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Once installed, just use it like this: `trump($myVar)`

You can disable the quote and only use the `trump` function by calling:

```
use \VarTrumper\VarTrumper;
...

VarTrumper::disableQuote();

```

#### This is just for fun

[](#this-is-just-for-fun)

You probably want to install the official [VarDumper](https://github.com/symfony/var-dumper)

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance39

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 92.9% 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 ~508 days

Recently: every ~755 days

Total

7

Last Release

505d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)0.1PHP >=5.5.9

0.2PHP >=5.6

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/dd92b2ebde1d0069b8464d4a95232c99262e7da77ce545990985dbdfe3386927?d=identicon)[keversc](/maintainers/keversc)

---

Top Contributors

[![kevin-verschaeve](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2345927?v=4)](https://github.com/kevin-verschaeve "kevin-verschaeve (13 commits)")[![blazarecki](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1443312?v=4)](https://github.com/blazarecki "blazarecki (1 commits)")

---

Tags

dumptrollvardumperdebugdumpervar-dumpertrump

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