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webmakersjaap/wtf
=================

The best debugging function ever. Quick, small and always usefull.

v1(5y ago)08MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Mar 5Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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wtf
===

[](#wtf)

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The best debugging function ever. Quick, small and always usefull.

Prints everything to browser, formatted

Multiple arguments possible of any kind

Example 1:

```
wtf('foo');
```

Prints:

```
string(3) "foo"

```

Example 2:

```
wtf(['bar'], ['foo'=>'bar']);
```

Prints:

```
Array
(
    [0] => bar
)
Array
(
    [foo] => bar
)

```

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 19% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity47

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

1899d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7d8b194379b19a7275527c53f4fef7ab3739df54554e1a6d904ecb31ca6ad55e?d=identicon)[webmakersjaap](/maintainers/webmakersjaap)

---

Top Contributors

[![WebmakersJaap](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/31982754?v=4)](https://github.com/WebmakersJaap "WebmakersJaap (10 commits)")

---

Tags

phputilitydebugcleansmall

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