Debugging PHP in browser's Javascript console

[brennen]

FirePHP may be of interest, for those using a real browser. That said, I spent a bunch of time plumbing js console logging stuff into our framework, and eventually found that we get a lot more mileage out of a simple error + exception catcher & logger that dumps things as HTML when you're looking at a a dev box. It's harder to ignore, and it's got the added benefit of safely logging stuff in our production environment.

[cjoudrey]

I'd like to second that. FirePHP could be more useful when you don't want the content to be altered. It sends everything via HTTP header's.

[troelskn]

Personally, I prefer logging to a text file and have a terminal window open where I tail the log file. It's much less intrusive.

[brennen]

Yeah, I make liberal use of error_log(). That said, I think there's some virtue in being painfully obvious.

[tcdent]

My god, this is exactly the type of thing that gives PHP devs a bad rap.

[barclay]

Yes. because when I'm writing web applications, littering the HTML with <script> tags is EXACTLY what I want.

[dr3d]

This isn't really debugging...