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richirm/qdump
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Improved var\_dump()

v0.9.6(4mo ago)022MITPHPPHP >=7.4

Since May 28Pushed 4mo ago1 watchersCompare

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QDump
=====

[](#qdump)

*Improved var\_dump() for PHP projects.*

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

The **php-mbstring** extension must be installed for **QDump** to work.

Install
-------

[](#install)

You can install **QDump** into your project using **composer**:

```
cd your_project_directory
composer require --dev richirm/qdump

```

Or, if you don't use composer, you can download it from  and include the following line in your **index.php**:

```
include 'qdump/include.php';

```

Usage of dump()
---------------

[](#usage-of-dump)

First of all, you must instantiate a **QDumper** object:

```
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$qd = new \RichiRM\QDump\QDumper();

```

or

```
$qd = new \RichiRM\QDump\QDumper('verbose');

```

QDump brings you two main methods: **dump()** and **trace()**To dump (to standard output or to a file, see **Documentation**) any expression or variable use the **dump()** method:

```
$foo = 'bar';
$qd->dump($foo);

```

You can also call **dump()** with more than one argument:

```
$foo = 'bar';
$baz = 'qux';
$qd->dump($foo, $baz);

```

Usage of trace()
----------------

[](#usage-of-trace)

You can view the call stack calling the **trace()** method:

```
$qd->trace();

```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

The documentation is in the **doc/** folder of the project. At the moment it is only in Spanish (English translator is needed).

License
-------

[](#license)

[MIT License](https://opensource.org/license/mit)

Contact
-------

[](#contact)

You can contact the author of **QDump** at ****. Comments and suggestions are welcome.

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance74

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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

Every ~104 days

Recently: every ~233 days

Total

10

Last Release

146d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f9b3a8d344fc6b059302747039b03193c567893af6d2f3cd82450437515cad2d?d=identicon)[richirm77](/maintainers/richirm77)

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Top Contributors

[![richi-rm](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/95962182?v=4)](https://github.com/richi-rm "richi-rm (127 commits)")

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Tags

debugvar\_exportdumpdebuggingprint\_rvar\_dumpqdump

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