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zanson/debug-helper
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A utility to display PHP Errors and exceptions in a more readable way. Also adds a JS console.log style PHP output class.

v1.0.0(10y ago)0143MITPHPPHP >=5.3

Since Jul 29Pushed 10y agoCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/jasonwatt/debug-helper)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/zanson/debug-helper)[ RSS](/packages/zanson-debug-helper/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

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###  Health Score

26

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LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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

3946d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/674af11ac206daf8ff7f8ccd2aaa03e6a5102ba5429f24cd7a35b3e021994909?d=identicon)[zanson](/maintainers/zanson)

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Top Contributors

[![jasonwatt](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4823913?v=4)](https://github.com/jasonwatt "jasonwatt (4 commits)")

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