chillem/dbug

PHP version of ColdFusion's cfdump. Outputs colored and structured tabular variable information.

dBug

This is my fork of ospinto's dBug class. Original here: https://github.com/ospinto/dBug, _(*1)

Install

composer require chillem/dbug

How to use

require(__DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php');

new dBug($myVariable);

In my projects, I wrap the class instantiation with something like the following, which allows for passing in multiple arguments., _(*2)

if ( !function_exists('ddd') ){
    function ddd(... $args)
    {
        foreach ($args as $x) {
            new \dBug\dBug($x);
        }
    }
}

ddd($a, $b, $arr);

More examples at http://dbug.ospinto.com/examples.php, _(*3)

Features

PHP version of ColdFusion’s cfdump., _(*4)

Outputs colored and structured tabular variable information., _(*5)

Variable types supported are: Arrays, Classes/Objects, Database and XML Resources., _(*6)

Ability to force certain types of output. Example: You can force an object variable to be outputted as an array type variable., _(*7)

Stylesheet can be easily edited., _(*8)

Table cells can be expanded and collapsed., _(*9)

It’s FREE!!!, _(*10)

Changelog

1.2.3, _(*11)

Handling for closures, _(*12)

Generate PHPDoc, _(*13)

1.2.2, _(*14)

Use modern constructor, _(*15)

1.2.1, _(*16)

Move dBug.php to src/ directory to comply with PSR4 autoloading standards, _(*17)

Create dBug/ namespace, _(*18)