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pa-ulander/debug
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simple and old, very old, old school debugging for php scripts

v0.1.0(7y ago)02.8k↓50%PHPPHP ^5.0

Since Apr 15Pushed 2y agoCompare

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Simple old school debug class from early php5 days.

Can be handy still to this day for quick debugging in old legacy projects.

Does one thing only. Sort of a super-stupid console.log for php.

Dumps to screen or logfile.

Install:

```
composer require --dev "pa-ulander/debug @dev"

```

In composer.json add to autoload:

```
    "autoload-dev": {
        "psr-0": {
            "debug": "vendor/pa-ulander/debug"
        }
    },
```

Use:

```
new \debug\debug($some_thing_to_debug); // logs to screen

new \debug\debug($some_thing_to_debug, 1); // logs to file

new \debug\debug($some_thing_to_debug, 2); // logs to file with backtrace
```

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity44

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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2590d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1539621d22e13ed8c600d8c253781c9552723e717242163b86acbaf14bbe704e?d=identicon)[pa-ulander](/maintainers/pa-ulander)

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Top Contributors

[![pa-ulander](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1719300?v=4)](https://github.com/pa-ulander "pa-ulander (22 commits)")

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