kint-php/kint

Kint - debugging helper for PHP developers

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What am I looking at?

At first glance Kint is just a pretty replacement for var_dump(), print_r() and debug_backtrace().

However, it's much, much more than that. You will eventually wonder how you developed without it.

Installation

One of the main goals of Kint is to be zero setup.

Download the file and simply

<?php

require 'kint.phar';

Or, if you use Composer:

composer require kint-php/kint --dev

Usage

<?php

Kint::dump($GLOBALS, $_SERVER); // pass any number of parameters
d($GLOBALS, $_SERVER); // or simply use d() as a shorthand

Kint::trace(); // Debug backtrace

s($GLOBALS); // Basic output mode

~d($GLOBALS); // Text only output mode

Kint::$enabled_mode = false; // Disable kint
d('Get off my lawn!'); // Debugs no longer have any effect

Tips & Tricks

Authors

Jonathan Vollebregt (jnvsor)
Contributors

License

Licensed under the MIT License

Last update: Tue, 13 Sep 2022 14:32:15