Comments on: Simple Debugging with WordPress

By: andrew

andrew — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:28:42 +0000

You are probably will be interested in FirePHP Debugger plugin for wordpress debugging.

By: agreatdream.com

agreatdream.com — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:54:19 +0000

Do you know how we can get the gallery images to go to a URL we type in? I can’t get the native gallery to jump on my site (http://agreatdream.com/word-list-vegetables/) I want the verb list to go to a page not the image. I don’t want to use NextGEN Gallery as it doesn’t work with a lot of other plugins I need.

Glen

By: Malcolm Boyanton

Malcolm Boyanton — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 05:46:19 +0000

Thank you. This is perhaps the best written set of instructions for debugging WordPress that I’ve stumbled across.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:47:09 +0000

Overall, a great idea but print_r() is not the best choice. The array pointer is set to the end, thus providing very confusing output.

Either replace with var_export or follow print_r with reset();

if(!function_exists(’_log’)){
function _log( $message ) {
if( WP_DEBUG === true ){
if( is_array( $message ) || is_object( $message ) ){
error_log( var_export( $message, true ) );
} else {
error_log( $message );
}
}
}
}

Also neither can be used with ob_start buffers.

See http://ca.php.net/manual/en/function.print-r.php

By: Katie @ women magazine

Katie @ women magazine — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:11:32 +0000

Well, this is awesome. Just wondering if there is way to check live error records on windows development machine running xampp and wordpress. I am looking something like “tail -f /var/www/html/site/error_log” kind of thing. Is it possible?

By: sagive

sagive — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 23:59:47 +0000

gr8 post man.
i think in the case of a plugin its best to simply
send those lines into the header so when you
turn off the plugin after debugin you won’t have
to remove those..

A small function plus an action should do the trick..
would have pasted it but you know… php and comments :)

Anyhow.. thanks

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By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 11:49:17 +0000

You can specify a different log file, and by extension, location by setting `ini_set` in your functions.php file.
You might have some code a bit like this:
`
if ( WP_DEBUG_LOG && WP_DEBUG ) {
ini_set( ‘error_log’, WP_CONTENT_DIR . ‘/logs/’.date(’Ymd’).’.log’ );
}
`
As long as you’ve created the log directory, and set the permissions appropriately your debug data should be safe from prying eyes.

By: box

box — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 02:16:05 +0000

@Ken You need to create the debug.log file in the wp-content directory and then “chmod 666 debug.log”. Please refer to http://lists.automattic.com/pipermail/wp-hackers/2010-September/034830.html.

By: Ken

Ken — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 03:09:55 +0000

I followed your instructions and I did not see any debug.log file show up.

By: John

John — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 06:33:49 +0000

because Chyrp is dead. http://chyrp.net/2010/05/14/chyrp-is-dead-long-live-chyrp/

By: Jasper

Jasper — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:26:55 +0000

Thanks for the great tips. Would love to see some debugging tips for backend work on custom fields, custom types or plugins here as well.

By: Neil Monroe

Neil Monroe — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:24:55 +0000

Great post. Just what I was looking for. Just wish PHP/WordPress had more info right in the browser. A blank page isn’t that helpful.

Note: In your paragraph that reads “After refreshing your page once, you should see a newly created debug.php file…”, it should be “debug.log”, right?

Thanks again for the debugging tips!

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