PinkCrab Debug Plugin

A wordpress plugin to help with debugging and development.

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Functions.

dump(...$data)

The modern dump function created by symfony. This function will output the variable in a readable format.

dump($var);

dd(...$data)

The modern dump function created by symfony. This function will output the variable in a readable format and then die.

dd($var);

You have access to all underlying symfony var dump functions, uses the same naming conventions.

adump(...$data)

This is an ajax ready take on dump(), which outputs in a readable format via the network tab on the browser.

adump($var);

Casts true to TRUE, false to FALSE and null to NULL. To avoid confusion caused with phps print_r function.

adie(...$data)

This is an ajax ready take on dd(), which outputs in a readable format via the network tab on the browser and then dies.

adie($var);

write_log($data)

This function will write to the debug.log file in the wp-content directory.

write_log($var);

pclog($data, $type = 'log')

This writes to a custom pc-debug.log file in the wp-content directory. This is useful for separating out debug data, from general errors.

pclog($var, 'error');
pclog($var);

Will only create the file if it does not exist.

pinkcrab_is_rest()

This function will return true if the current request is a rest request.

if(pinkcrab_is_rest()){
    // Do something
}

URL Parameters

?pc_show_enqueue

This will output all the scripts and styles that have been enqueued on the page.

?pc_show_hooks=hook,hook2

This will output all the hooks that have been added to the page. You can pass multiple hooks by comma separating them.