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rdehnhardt/var-dumper
=====================

Dumper based on Laravel for non Laravel projects.

1.3.0(7y ago)2834.8k64MITPHPCI failing

Since Mar 17Pushed 5y ago3 watchersCompare

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VAR DUMPER
==========

[](#var-dumper)

This package enable dd() function for projects without laravel. Also d() and dump() function when is not necessary stop running the code.

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

[](#installation)

Run the following command to get the latest version package

```
composer require rdehnhardt/var-dumper --dev

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
dd($yourVar);

OR

dd($yourVar1, $yourVar2, .., $yourVarN);
```

###  Health Score

40

—

FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity36

Limited adoption so far

Community21

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity69

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 76.9% 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 ~63 days

Recently: every ~97 days

Total

9

Last Release

2837d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a39d732d750ee66c26cf1017c3d58b19354ddb0399a8adba3ecd7fa8ac51ceef?d=identicon)[rdehnhardt](/maintainers/rdehnhardt)

---

Top Contributors

[![rdehnhardt](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7077461?v=4)](https://github.com/rdehnhardt "rdehnhardt (10 commits)")[![AfzalSabbir](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/39697431?v=4)](https://github.com/AfzalSabbir "AfzalSabbir (1 commits)")[![djalmamanfrin](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/18665685?v=4)](https://github.com/djalmamanfrin "djalmamanfrin (1 commits)")[![rafamancan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6341210?v=4)](https://github.com/rafamancan "rafamancan (1 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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