dBug

A debug output library which is used to visualize different datatypes.

It is an alternative to var_dump() that only requires a simple file and no external dependency.

It also allows, variables, arrays, objects, etc.

Initially was developed by ospinto and updated by kolanich

It is a comparison between dBug and var_dump:

About this fork

7 May 2020

• This fork adds the changes from kolanich and ospinto. (I'm not pulling back because I removed some features)
• It also adds a new functionality, to be able to show the values without the variable types.
• Doxigen is removed. Instead, it used phpdoc (it's more standard). I also removed all references to it.
• Updated composer.json
• Reformatted .php file
• Adding use to classes.
• Removed unused variables and fields.
• Refactored some methods and some for are converted into foreach.
• docs and examples removed from non-dev installation (.gitattributes)

Usage with variables:

new dBug\dBug($someVariable);

Forcing the type :

new dBug\dBug($someVariable,'array');

Default collapsed :

new dBug\dBug($someVariable,'array',true);

Or without variable types

new dBug\dBug($someVariable,'',false,false);

Installing without Composer.

• Copy dBug.php in some folder.
• Include in your code: include 'dBug.php';
• Call it: new dBug\dBug($variable);

Installing this version via Composer

Add the next lines to composer.json and rebuild

{
  "name":  "eftec/dBug",
  "repositories": [
    {
      "type": "vcs",
      "url": "https://github.com/eftec/dBug.git"
    }
  ],
  "require": {
    "eftec/dBug": "dev-master"
  }
}

Very very brief list of features

Extended PHP version of ColdFusion's cfdump.

Outputs colored and structured tabular variable information.

Variable types supported are: Arrays, Classes/Objects, Database and XML Resources.

Ability to force certain types of output. Example: You can force an object variable to be outputted as an array type variable.

Stylesheet can be easily edited.

Table cells can be expanded and collapsed.

It's FREE!!!