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[Debugging & Profiling](/categories/debugging) 4. / 5. symfony/var-dumper ActiveLibrary[Debugging & Profiling](/categories/debugging) symfony/var-dumper ================== Provides mechanisms for walking through any arbitrary PHP variable v8.0.6(3mo ago)7.4k855.5M—3.2%10120MITPHPPHP >=8.4 Since Nov 3Pushed 1w ago16 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/symfony/var-dumper)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/symfony/var-dumper)[ Docs](https://symfony.com)[ Fund](https://symfony.com/sponsor)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/fabpot)[ RSS](/packages/symfony-var-dumper/feed)WikiDiscussions 8.1 Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (12)Versions (613)Used By (20) VarDumper Component =================== [](#vardumper-component) The VarDumper component provides mechanisms for walking through any arbitrary PHP variable. 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 88 — ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages Maintenance91 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity86 Widely adopted with strong download metrics Community62 Healthy contributor diversity Maturity100 Battle-tested with a long release history Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 59.4% 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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