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[Debugging & Profiling](/categories/debugging) 4. / 5. shyim/var-dumper AbandonedArchivedLibrary[Debugging & Profiling](/categories/debugging) shyim/var-dumper ================ Symfony mechanism for exploring and dumping PHP variables 1.0.4(7y ago)186.2k↓46.9%3MITPHPPHP ^5.5.9|>=7.0.8 Since Apr 19Pushed 7y agoCompare [ Source](https://github.com/shyim/var-dumper)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/shyim/var-dumper)[ Docs](https://symfony.com)[ RSS](/packages/shyim-var-dumper/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (5)Dependencies (4)Versions (6)Used By (0) VarDumper Component =================== [](#vardumper-component) Patched to run with PHP 5.6 and Symfony 2.8 The VarDumper component provides mechanisms for walking through any arbitrary PHP variable. Built on top, it provides a better `dump()` function that you can use instead of `var_dump`. Resources --------- [](#resources) - [Documentation](https://symfony.com/doc/current/components/var_dumper/introduction.html) - [Contributing](https://symfony.com/doc/current/contributing/index.html) - [Report issues](https://github.com/symfony/symfony/issues) and [send Pull Requests](https://github.com/symfony/symfony/pulls)in the [main Symfony repository](https://github.com/symfony/symfony) ### Health Score 37 — LowBetter than 83% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity33 Limited adoption so far Community21 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity62 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 58.7% 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. 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