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netsilik/d
==========

A Debug information dumper function, with automatic output escaping where necessary.

1.3.0(6mo ago)018.6k↓50%4MITPHPPHP ^8.1

Since Jun 28Pushed 6mo ago1 watchersCompare

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The Debug information dumper
============================

[](#the-debug-information-dumper)

A Debug information dumper function, with automatic output escaping where necessary.

---

MIT Licence

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the Licence is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

Contact:
Latest version available at:

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Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$foo = 123;
d($foo); // int(123)
```

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require netsilik/d

```

###  Health Score

49

—

FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance67

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity78

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 ~379 days

Recently: every ~641 days

Total

10

Last Release

195d ago

PHP version history (4 changes)1.0.0PHP ^5.4 || ^7.0

1.1.0PHP ^5.5.0 || ^7.0

1.1.1PHP ^7.1

1.2.0PHP ^8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/90d507c4b8102af88517672375ad0777056f35baecaf2ea94dbc7b7c2e7c5512?d=identicon)[Jacco-V](/maintainers/Jacco-V)

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Top Contributors

[![Jacco-V](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/19333579?v=4)](https://github.com/Jacco-V "Jacco-V (24 commits)")

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Tags

debugdevelopment

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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