# symfony/debug

Provides tools to ease debugging PHP code

Repository: https://github.com/symfony/debug
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/symfony-debug
Homepage: https://symfony.com/debug
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: php, symfony, component, symfony-component
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-07-29T12:25:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4896, "days_push": 1496, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7171, forks 46 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:56.389929+00:00)

## What it is
A Symfony component providing tools to ease debugging PHP code, such as enabling enhanced error handling. It has been deprecated since Symfony 4.4 in favor of the ErrorHandler component.

## Use cases
- debug php code
- enable symfony debugging
- improve php error reporting
- legacy symfony 4.4 debugging support

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy Symfony application that still depends on symfony/debug
- working with old code that cannot migrate to the ErrorHandler component

## When to avoid
- starting a new PHP or Symfony project
- you can use the symfony/error-handler component instead
- you need actively maintained debugging tools

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: developer-tools, error-handling
- domain: developer-tools, web-development, backend
- platform: php, cross-platform
- tags: symfony, debugging, deprecated, error-handler

## Member repositories
- symfony/debug (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:56.389929+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:39:56.876925+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/symfony/debug (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:56.389929+00:00, sha 77ae50438879)
  - homepage: https://symfony.com/debug (fetched 2026-08-29T08:35:11.527530+00:00, sha 28fcf8ce7b6b)
  - site_page: https://symfony.com/doc (fetched 2026-08-29T08:35:11.542934+00:00, sha 44889134f4fb)
  - site_page: https://symfony.com/releases (fetched 2026-08-29T08:35:11.545141+00:00, sha f109a7a4a5da)
  - site_page: https://symfony.com/blog/category/releases (fetched 2026-08-29T08:35:11.547234+00:00, sha f34945599288)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.