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xicrow/php-debug
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PHP debugging tools

5.0.1(1y ago)23.7k↓100%MITPHPPHP ~8.0

Since Mar 22Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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Debug
=====

[](#debug)

Debugging tools for PHP

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

[](#installation)

The recommended way to install is through [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/):

```
composer require xicrow/php-debug:~5.0
```

OR

```
composer require --dev xicrow/php-debug:~5.0
```

Optionally add it to your `composer.json` file:

```
{
	"require": {
		"xicrow/php-debug": "~5.0"
	}
}
```

OR

```
{
	"require-dev": {
		"xicrow/php-debug": "~5.0"
	}
}
```

Example
-------

[](#example)

See examples in the `demo` folder.

View the seperate readme for:

- [Debugger](Debugger.md)
- [Timer](Timer.md)

TODO
----

[](#todo)

- Debug functions for displaying variable information, pr(), vd(), etc.
    *Implemented, available in `Debugger` class*
- Collection class for Timer::$timers, and maybe others
    *Implemented, available in `Collection` class*
    *Removed, too memory hungry*
- Memory class for measuring memory usage
    *Implemented, available in `Memory` class*
    *Removed, too unreliable*
- Improve Timer and Memory, perhaps a Profiler class
    *Implemented, available in `Profiler` class*
    *Removed, along with Memory*
- Add PHPunit tests
    *Implemented, now remeber to keep them updated*
- Improve Debugger, foldable tree of arrays/objects
    *Skipped, not sensible to do, clutter with either HTML or JS/CSS*
- Groupable timers, timers with the same name will be grouped and min, max and average will be calculated (activate when stopping a timer)
- Update example demo output in Debugger and Timer README
- Update to PHP 7.4Done Implemented type declarations, return types, etc. Implemented type prefixed variables
- Change option arrays to explicit variables or option classes Fixed in most places, just need the rest

License
-------

[](#license)

Copyright © 2018 Jan Ebsen Licensed under the MIT license.

###  Health Score

42

—

FairBetter than 90% of packages

Maintenance44

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity80

Battle-tested with a long release history

 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 ~96 days

Recently: every ~592 days

Total

35

Last Release

437d ago

Major Versions

1.0.14 → 2.0.02016-06-19

2.1.6 → 3.0.02018-09-16

3.0.0 → 4.0.02022-08-20

4.0.0 → 5.0.02023-02-17

PHP version history (8 changes)1.0.1PHP ^5.6

1.0.3PHP ^5.4

1.0.9PHP ^5.5

1.0.10PHP ^5.5|^7.0

3.0.0PHP ^7.0

4.0.0PHP ^7.4

5.0.0PHP ^8.0

5.0.1PHP ~8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f694b3f869e1e552f42f8842040bc765d08f4fc6ccd3bcd8d96bf04909008c23?d=identicon)[xicrow](/maintainers/xicrow)

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Top Contributors

[![xicrow](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1567795?v=4)](https://github.com/xicrow "xicrow (189 commits)")

---

Tags

debugphptimerphpdebugtools

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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