A few debug functions based on a function I got off php.net (original function is included - it is from user notes on php.net)
By : Taoism
<?php /** * a variable to control whether debug code is displayed or not * * @param boolean $debug boolean to toggle debug code showing or not showing * */ $debug=true; //$debug=false;
/** * simple debug function * * got this function from the user-feedback section for the * print_r php function on www.php.net * its very useful for debugging * * @param mixed $call a variable to be dumped for display * @param string $cname a string to describe variable being dumped * * */ function dp($call,$cname) { global $debug; if($debug){ echo "<br/>".$cname.":<pre>"; if(!is_array($call)){$call=htmlspecialchars($call);} print_r($call); if(is_array($call)){reset($call);} echo "</pre><hr/>\n"; }//end function dp() ====================== }//end dp
/** * a function to display multiple variables side-by-side * * an extended version of dp() * it takes an array in and dynamically creates variable names * based on the array passed in so that side-by-side * comparissons of variables can be done. * this is most useful for comparing scopes... * i.e. the $_POST scope to the $_SESSION scope... * example of a call: * dpa(array('xvar'=>'$xvar','AUTH'=>'$AUTH','tmp_AUTH_admin'=>'$tmp_AUTH_admin','x'=>'array_intersect($AUTH["xvar"],$xvar)')); * Note that the key=>val pairs are VARNAME=>LABLE_TO_DESCRIBE. * The varname has no $ so that it can be dynamically called within the function * * @author Keith Young * @version 1.0 * @param array $dbug an array of key=>var pairs where the key is a variable name with no $, and the var is a lable to describe the key * @global boolean $debug used to check if the function should run or not * @global mixed $key this is a mixed data type based on the key value of the array passed in. * * @see dp() * */ function dpa($dbug) { global $debug; echo '<br/>'; foreach($dbug as $key=>$val){global ${$key};} if($debug){ $rspan=count($dbug); ($rspan==0)?$colpct=100:$colpct=100/$rspan; echo '<table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" width="75%" style="background-color:black;">'."\n"; echo '<tr><th colspan="'.$rspan.'" style="background-color:lightgrey;font-size:11pt; font-family:"Verdana";font-weight:bold;color:black;"> D E B U G : </th></tr>'."\n"; echo '<tr>'."\n";
/** * a function to display multiple variables side-by-side with the datatype of each variable displayed as well * * an extended version of dp() * it takes an array in and dynamically creates variable names based on the array passed in so that side-by-side * comparissons of variables can be done. * this is most useful for comparing scopes... * i.e. the $_POST scope to the $_SESSION scope... * This function also displays the datatype of each variable * example of a call: * dpa(array('xvar'=>'$xvar','AUTH'=>'$AUTH','tmp_AUTH_admin'=>'$tmp_AUTH_admin','x'=>'array_intersect($AUTH["xvar"],$xvar)')); * Note that the key=>val pairs are VARNAME=>LABLE_TO_DESCRIBE. * The varname has no $ so that it can be dynamically called within the function * * @author Keith Young * @version 1.0 * @param array $dbug an array of key=>var pairs where the key is a variable name with no $, and the var is a lable to describe the key * @global boolean $debug used to check if the function should run or not * @global mixed $key this is a mixed data type based on the key value of the array passed in. * * @see dp() * */ function vdpa($dbug) { global $debug; echo '<br/>'; foreach($dbug as $key=>$val){global ${$key};} if($debug){ $rspan=count($dbug); ($rspan==0)?$colpct=100:$colpct=100/$rspan; echo '<table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" width="75%" style="background-color:black;">'."\n"; echo '<tr><th colspan="'.$rspan.'" style="background-color:lightgrey;font-size:11pt; font-family:"Verdana";font-weight:bold;color:black;"> D E B U G : </th></tr>'."\n"; echo '<tr>'."\n";
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