Re: Recommendations for PHP debuggers?
| From: | Paul Scott | Date: | Mon, 21 Aug 2006 04:34:55 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Recommendations for PHP debuggers? | ||
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On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 00:18 -0400, Robert Cummings wrote:
> Are you sure you need a debugger? I find the best tools around for
> debugging are echo(), print_r(), ob_xxxx(), and error_log(). Of course,
> I use a function that wraps the print_r(), and ob_xxx() functions for
> simplicity. I've never found a debugger for PHP to be particularly
> useful.
>
Besides the above (and var_dump - if possible plus the PEAR Var_Dump
package to make it more readable) I only really use XDebug (pecl install
xdebug).
I also use Ubuntu, and I have a copy of Zend Studio Pro, but I don't use
the debugging functionality, as I find it a little counter intuitive.
Best thing to do IMO, is set your error_reporting to E_ALL or E_STRICT
and install xdebug.
--Paul