symfony/var-dumper
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Provides mechanisms for walking through any arbitrary PHP variable observed · 2026-09-30
Health v2 · maintenance only
96/100
- Activity 96
- Release rhythm 95
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 0.0
- age_days: 4407
- days_rel: 35
- days_push: 24
- n_releases_24m: 57
Adoption not part of the score
7426 stars · 102 forks observed · 2026-09-30
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
The Symfony VarDumper component provides mechanisms for walking through any arbitrary PHP variable, offering an improved dump() function to replace var_dump(). It supports configurable output formats (HTML or colored CLI), specialized object/resource views, and reference inspection.
Use cases
- inspect complex PHP variables during development
- replace var_dump with a better dump function
- dump variables with HTML or colored CLI output
- debug Doctrine entities without dumping proxy internals
- inspect object and array reference structures
- dump variables from PHPUnit test suites
- run a dump server to collect dumps over the network
When to choose
- you need readable, structured variable dumps in PHP
- you want framework-agnostic debugging in any PHP project
- you need to inspect deep object graphs or references
- you want Twig or Symfony DebugBundle integration
When to avoid
- you need a full step debugger with breakpoints (use Xdebug)
- you need production profiling or APM (use a monitoring tool)
- your project is not PHP
Facets
library · maturity stable
developer-tools logging developer-tools php cli cross-platform debugging dump var-dump symfony-component php web-server
6 sources
- readme: https://github.com/symfony/var-dumper · fetched 2026-09-30 · 940197bfc310
- homepage: https://symfony.com/var-dumper · fetched 2026-08-29 · e6b4f8d50646
- site_page: https://symfony.com/doc · fetched 2026-08-29 · 44889134f4fb
- site_page: https://symfony.com/doc/current/components/var_dumper.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · c3305e6e416e
- site_page: https://symfony.com/releases · fetched 2026-08-29 · f109a7a4a5da
- site_page: https://symfony.com/blog/category/releases · fetched 2026-08-29 · f34945599288
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| symfony/var-dumper | main | 96 |
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