Advanced PHP: Debugging Techniques

Optimize your debugging workflow in PHP using both local and non-local development tools.

Introduction

• Debugging and PHP
• What you should know

1. Default Tools for Logging and Identifying Issues

• Exploring PHP errors
• Default logging in popular frameworks
• Configuring PHP error reporting
• What to log
• Logging errors to file
• Logging errors to other locations
• Understanding back traces

2. Local Development Tools

• var_dump() debugging: Blue-collar debugging
• What tools are available
• WordPress CLI shell
• Laravel artisan tinker
• Installing and using whoops
• Installing and using PHP DebugBar
• Query Monitor for WordPress
• Ray: Dump debugging
• Xdebug: Step debugging

3. Debugging on Non-Local Environments

• What tools are available
• Safety concerns and precautions on remote servers
• Using Monolog
• Paid products

Conclusion

• Next steps