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!!!

EFTEC / dBug