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michaeldrennen/debug-helper
===========================

A library to help me output useful debug info during development.

v2.0(4y ago)044MITPHPPHP ^7.1|^8.0CI failing

Since Jul 30Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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\#DebugHelper

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Introduction
------------

[](#introduction)

DebugHelper is a little collection of PHP functions to help me view data when debugging.

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

[](#installation)

To get started with DebugHelper, simply run:

```
composer require michaeldrennen/debug-helper

```

DebugHelper tools for Laravel
-----------------------------

[](#debughelper-tools-for-laravel)

### Pretty print the query log

[](#pretty-print-the-query-log)

```
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
...
DB::enableQueryLog();
// Run queries...
$queryLog = DB::getQueryLog();
DebugHelper::laravelPrintQueryLog($queryLog);
```

License
-------

[](#license)

DebugHelper is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity75

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 ~131 days

Recently: every ~0 days

Total

13

Last Release

1638d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.11 → v2.02021-11-14

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.02PHP ^7.1

v2.0PHP ^7.1|^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b701baeed9e105a4a117e363b478d932306516c9365b4f2e3ef2dfed358f608b?d=identicon)[michaeldrennen](/maintainers/michaeldrennen)

---

Top Contributors

[![michaeldrennen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5288190?v=4)](https://github.com/michaeldrennen "michaeldrennen (21 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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