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xiphe/thedebug
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Multiple Handy debugging methods.

v4.1.0(12y ago)135GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSEPHPPHP >=5.3

Since Feb 6Pushed 12y ago1 watchersCompare

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THETOOLS
========

[](#thetools)

Toolset for debugging PHP

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

[](#installation)

Use [composer](http://getcomposer.org/) and require `"xiphe/thedebug": "~1.0"`

FirePHP-Mode requires [FirePHP](http://www.firephp.org/) - [YDS](http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/210/119/+_2acc5a8841f8752904d37f90a8014829.png)

Support
-------

[](#support)

I've written this project for my own needs so i am not willing to give full support. Anyway, i am very interested in any bugs, hints, requests or whatever. Please use the [github issue system](https://github.com/Xiphe/THEDEBUG/issues)and i will try to answer.

3rd Party
---------

[](#3rd-party)

- **[FirePHP](http://www.firephp.org/)**
- \*\*[Chrome Logger](http://craig.is/writing/chrome-logger)

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

### 4.1

[](#41)

- add ChromePHP

### 4.0

[](#40)

- initiation as standalone package
- added to composer

### pre 4.0

[](#pre-40)

- This once was a part of [THEMASTER](https://github.com/Xiphe/THEMASTER/).

Todo
----

[](#todo)

- Find a way to set the backtraceOffset for firePHPs trace function or add a own trace
- Show stats on shutdown
- Implement Error Handlers
- Write tests
- Spell-check

License
-------

[](#license)

Copyright (C) 2013 Hannes Diercks

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~26 days

Recently: every ~33 days

Total

6

Last Release

4718d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d5408752b506da1958c3741a2954aca1115ca49887c26f60f234a6881d1b830b?d=identicon)[Xiphe](/maintainers/Xiphe)

---

Top Contributors

[![Xiphe](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/911218?v=4)](https://github.com/Xiphe "Xiphe (7 commits)")

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Tags

debugfirephp

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