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pdeans/utilities-vardumpers
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A collection of helpful var dumper methods and functions.

v1.0.1(2y ago)01041MITPHPPHP >=8.1

Since Sep 2Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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The PdeanS VarDumper Utilities Package
======================================

[](#the-pdeans-vardumper-utilities-package)

A collection of helpful var dumper methods and functions.

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

[](#installation)

Install via [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/).

```
composer require pdeans/utilities-vardumpers
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### dp()

[](#dp)

Print variable or value with optional label.

```
use pdeans\Utilities\VarDumper;

VarDumper::dp($value);

// Add label to output
VarDumper::dp($value, 'Label');

// Optionally use global helper function
dp($value)
dp($value, 'value');
```

### dpx()

[](#dpx)

Print string with all applicable characters converted to HTML entities. Useful for printing XML and/or HTML values.

```
use pdeans\Utilities\VarDumper;

VarDumper::dpx($value);

// Add label to output
VarDumper::dpx($value, 'Label');

// Optionally use global helper function
dpx($value)
dpx($value, 'value');
```

### vd()

[](#vd)

Pretty var dumper with optional label.

```
use pdeans\Utilities\VarDumper;

VarDumper::vd($value);

// Add label to output
VarDumper::vd($value, 'Label');

// Optionally use global helper function
vd($value)
vd($value, 'value');
```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

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 ~1370 days

Total

2

Last Release

1073d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![pdeans](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7277991?v=4)](https://github.com/pdeans "pdeans (12 commits)")

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Tags

debugdumpdebuggerutilitiessupportvardumpVarDumpervar

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