# Kint - Advanced PHP dumper ![Screenshot](https://kint-php.github.io/kint/images/intro.png) ## What am I looking at? Kint is a dumper in the vein of **[var_dump()](https://secure.php.net/function.var_dump)**, with keyboard controls, search, access path provision, and automatic data parsing. In other words, when you dump a JSON string Kint will let you unfold and search the JSON structure and even provide you the code you need to access specific fields. ## Installation ```bash composer require kint-php/kint --dev ``` ### Without composer [Download the file](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kint-php/kint/master/build/kint.phar) and simply ```php require 'kint.phar'; ``` ## Usage ```php