PHP features you use for debugging purposes ?

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What are the #PHP features you use for debugging purposes ?

What else?

Top comments (5)

If in the Laravel ecosystem (and/or Symfony), the dump() and dd() helpers

Just don't forget to remove the dd()/debug() calls before sending the PR off for review. 🤪

The old print_r() is pretty convenient, so you may use like that:

echo "<pre>";
print_r($someVar);
echo "</pre>";

It's definitely not the most modern way, but it works pretty much everywhere.

To go further, I recommend profiling the app with dedicated tools such as Blackfire. xdebug is really awesome for debugging too.

XDebug

Var_dump Always for me