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module debugging?
  • Posted: 13.01.2006, 19:21
     
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    How do I efficiently debug modules during development?
    I have xampp (Win) installed for testing and am programming with gvim (and sometimes PHPEdit).
    Sadly I don't know where I can directly view the results of the mysql-requests and the the status of the PHP variables.

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  • Posted: 13.01.2006, 20:21
     
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    You can add to pnRender templates too see what variables are available to the template containing the pndebug call. Otherwise, you could simply echo the $SQL statement and paste it into phpMyAdmin, print_r the connection object... etc etc.

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  • Posted: 13.01.2006, 20:30
     
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    Printing out stuff works best, though don't forget to include a "die;" statement right after, or you won't likely see your results. :)
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  • Posted: 13.01.2006, 23:47
     
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    These are my 2 debug friends... they crawl all files with me.

    For strings:

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    echo '<br />$pnSomeVar = ' . $pnSomeVar ;die;


    The break is for when it's used in foreach's and while's, although you have to move the die to the end of the cycle.

    For arrays:

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    echo '<pre><b>pnSomeVar =</b>';print_r($pnSomeVar );echo 'End $pnSomeVar </pre>';die;


    The begining and end again are to help distinquish multiple instances.

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