Advanced PHP: Debugging Techniques

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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PHP Courses Xdebug Courses

Course Description

Overview

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

Syllabus

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

Taught by

Jon Peck

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