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patchwork/dumper
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The DebugBundle of Symfony 2.6 backported for 2.3+

v1.4.2(11y ago)9030.1k10[2 issues](https://github.com/tchwork/debug-bundle/issues)2MITPHPPHP >=5.3.3

Since Feb 5Pushed 11y ago5 watchersCompare

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The DebugBundle of Symfony 2.6 backported for 2.3+
==================================================

[](#the-debugbundle-of-symfony-26-backported-for-23)

This bundle provides a better `dump()` function, that you can use instead of `var_dump()`, *better* meaning:

- per object and resource types specialized view: e.g. filter out Doctrine internals while dumping a single proxy entity, or get more insight on opened files with `stream_get_meta_data()`;
- ability to dump internal references, either soft ones (objects or resources) or hard ones (`=&` on arrays or objects properties). Repeated occurrences of the same object/array/resource won't appear again and again anymore. Moreover, you'll be able to inspect the reference structure of your data.
- ability to operate in the context of an output buffering handler.
- full exposure of the internal mechanisms used for walking through an arbitrary PHP data structure.

Calling `dump($myVvar)` works in all PHP code and `{% dump myVar %}` or `{{ dump(myVar) }}` in Twig templates.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

The recommended way to use this package is [through composer](http://getcomposer.org). Just create a `composer.json` file and run the `php composer.phar install`command to install it:

```
{
    "require": {
        "tchwork/debug-bundle": "~1.4"
    }
}

```

Then, enable the bundle in your `app/AppKernel.php`, preferably only for the *dev*and *test* environments:

```
public function registerBundles()
{
    $bundles = array(
        // ...
        new \Symfony\Bundle\DebugBundle\DebugBundle(),
    );
}
```

###  Health Score

41

—

FairBetter than 89% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity38

Limited adoption so far

Community24

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity70

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96.3% 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 ~13 days

Recently: every ~38 days

Total

34

Last Release

4058d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=5.3.0

v1.2.0PHP >=5.3.3

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/243674?v=4)[Nicolas Grekas](/maintainers/nicolas-grekas)[@nicolas-grekas](https://github.com/nicolas-grekas)

---

Top Contributors

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