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PhpStorm + XDebug
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what is the best way to debug laravel or php application ?
every beginner in php use var_dump to debug there php code . but is there any alternative like xdebug or some thing ?
- if any one used xdebug . how did you used it to debug your application ?
- what is your IDE like phpstorm or text editor like sublime-text plugins that you used for debugging ?
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The Debugbar might be also very helpful: https://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-debugbar
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I think I've heard Jeffrey say that he thinks DD (die and dump) is often a completely valid and quick way to debug.
Like @gregurco said, PhpStorm and XDebug gives you ultimate power but sometimes I use FirePHP https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/firephp/ which allows you to log stuff from your PHP code into the Firefox console. Your app runs as normal (no die()) and it works great with AJAX stuff as well.
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thank you @gregurco .
@kayyyy thank you . in the past I was using it but stopped because it slow down my application boot proccess .
@robgeorgeuk i like this one . thank you . but what if use chromeum
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@AlnourAltegani You may also take a look at https://blackfire.io/
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@AlnourAltegani You can still dump code on your screen, no matter what browser you use
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@kayyyy can you give me some tutorial (video or article) about how to use blackfire to debug laravel ?
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PhpStorm (has built-in debugger support). The best tool IMHO
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ddis a dumper not a debugger -
debugbaris a log viewer not a debugger -
blackfireis a profiler not a debugger
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@AlnourAltegani Blackfire can't debug applications. That's an example how it could be used for profiling (see second part).
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Personally i´d prefer `dd( unless i am working with a complex recursive function
But i can see the appeal of running through each line of code and getting all variables.
But since local development is so goddamn fast, me adding a dd() and doing a refresh in the browser seems alot faster than having to start up the debugger :P
and if you need more than one dumped variable you can just chain them dd(value1, value2, ...)
Most of my applications use a Laravel only as a data persistence service which keeps track of the database and relationships and then serves the content to Vue which being a javascript framework means we only have to type debugger; where we want to debug and with chrome you got the dev tools to go through each line very fast
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Are there any updates for 2022 year. I could not set up debugger(xdebug) with phpstorm?
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@amancuker STOP. BUMPING. OLD. THREADS.
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