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mic/better-dd
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A package for Laravel 4 to dump the given variable. It much better than dd function in Laravel Helpers. Clean and Readable

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Laravel 4 - BetterDD
====================

[](#laravel-4---betterdd)

A package for Laravel 4 to dump the given variable. It much better than dd function in Laravel Helpers. **Clean and Readable**

Example Usage:
--------------

[](#example-usage)

```
// de() function doesn't end execution of the script. You have to use exit or die function after de().
de($value);

OR

ddd($value);

```

Example Result:
---------------

[](#example-result)

[![BetterDD Example](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/michelloworld/BetterDD/master/betterdd_example.png)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/michelloworld/BetterDD/master/betterdd_example.png)

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

[](#installation)

Add BetterDD as a requirement to composer.json:

```
{
  ...
  "require": {
    ...
    "mic/better-dd": "dev-master"
    ...
  },
}

```

Update composer:

```
    php composer.phar update

```

Add the provider to your app/config/app.php:

```
  'providers' => array(

    ...

    'Mic\BetterDD\BetterDDServiceProvider',

  ),

```

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 18% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![michelloworld](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/832652?v=4)](https://github.com/michelloworld "michelloworld (6 commits)")

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