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ospinto/dbug
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PHP version of ColdFusion's cfdump. Outputs colored and structured tabular variable information.

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dBug
====

[](#dbug)

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

[](#how-to-use)

```
include_once("dBug.php");
new dBug($myVariable);

```

More examples at

Features
--------

[](#features)

PHP version of ColdFusion’s cfdump.

Outputs colored and structured tabular variable information.

Variable types supported are: Arrays, Classes/Objects, Database and XML Resources.

Ability to force certain types of output. Example: You can force an object variable to be outputted as an array type variable.

Stylesheet can be easily edited.

Table cells can be expanded and collapsed.

It’s FREE!!!

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 62% of packages

Maintenance18

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity33

Limited adoption so far

Community20

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 57.1% 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

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/112741?v=4)[Josh Sherman](/maintainers/joshtronic)[@joshtronic](https://github.com/joshtronic)

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Top Contributors

[![joshtronic](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/112741?v=4)](https://github.com/joshtronic "joshtronic (4 commits)")[![justincampbell](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/246978?v=4)](https://github.com/justincampbell "justincampbell (2 commits)")[![eps90](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1702899?v=4)](https://github.com/eps90 "eps90 (1 commits)")

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![Health badge](/badges/ospinto-dbug/health.svg)

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