For more invisible/seamless debugging server-side I've found error_log() to be extremely handy as it doesn't change the display output at all.
JS -- Jeff Slutz JSLEUTH LLC 3242 44th ST APT 3F Astoria, NY 11103 c. 970.443.9390 j...@jeffslutz.com On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 1:14 PM, David Krings <ram...@gmx.net> wrote: > On 1/27/2012 10:14 AM, David Mintz wrote: > >> I could not possibly imagine living without Firebug and FirePHP. I am >> thinking >> more along the lines of XDebug. >> > > Never used Firebug and FirePHP, but I will take it for a spin...when I > ever get around to do some PHP coding again. Years back I looked around for > good implementations of a PHP debugger and ended up going back to the > 'source' of one using PhpED from Nusphere: the DBG debugger. In a nutshell, > whatever you want to echo you can do with a debugger, and even more as you > can do that before output is supposed to start or when there is no output > at all. I tend to create separate script files depending on functional area > (input/processing/output) and the processing files never generate any > output. Throwing an echo in there would only add code that I have to take > out later...and potentially forget about. > Debuggers also show you the content of all variables and arrays and system > values at a breakpoint, which is another benefit, because with break points > you can continue on, which an echo it is not that easy, especially when the > actual output with proper html header is yet to follow (and will fail). > There are a few implementations of DBG in other editors that do not work > across separate scripts, which is just useless. But no matter which > debugger you have available, learning the basics of how to use it is time > well spent. > Other tools worthwhile to learn how to use are a profiler and > phpdocumentor....unless you don't care about creating docs and flowcharts > and stuff like that for others. > > > David > ______________________________**_________________ > New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/**mailman/listinfo/talk<http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk> > > http://www.nyphp.org/show-**participation<http://www.nyphp.org/show-participation> >
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