wycks

digitalnature

Make var_dump’s and print_r’s more readable
Function output references with <a href="http://queryposts.com" rel="nofollow ugc">http://queryposts.com</a> API when possible.
<ul>
<li>Use <code>r</code> instead of <code>var_dump</code></li>
<li>Use <code>rt</code> for text mode.</li>
</ul>
For example:
<pre><code>r($GLOBALS['wp_query']->get_posts());
rt($GLOBALS['wp_query']->get_posts());
</code></pre>
Notes :
<ul>
<li>Probably doesn’t work in ie</li>
<li>Don’t use this on a production site but you probably already know that</li>
<li>More usage <a href="https://github.com/digitalnature/php-ref" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/digitalnature/php-ref</a></li>
</ul>
All the work was done by <a href="https://github.com/digitalnature" rel="nofollow ugc">digitalnature</a> I just wrapped it into a WordPress plugin and changed the look for inline debugging.
Please report issues to: <a href="https://github.com/wycks/WP-Pretty-Debug" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/wycks/WP-Pretty-Debug</a>

Pretty Debug

A WordPress plugin that makes var_dump and print_r pretty!

Tonya Mork

This WordPress plugin is a wrapper for the <a href="https://kint-php.github.io/kint/" rel="nofollow ugc">Kint</a> PHP Debugger utility version 1.x. Now instead of using var_dump() or print_r(), you simply use d() with zero, nadda, no formatting required.
Use this tool when you are debugging your website, in place of <a href="http://php.net/manual/en/function.var-dump.php" rel="nofollow ugc">var_dump()</a>, <a href="http://php.net/manual/en/function.print-r.php" rel="nofollow ugc">print_r()</a> and <a href="http://php.net/manual/en/function.debug-backtrace.php" rel="nofollow ugc">debug_backtrace()</a>.
<h4>Handy Tools</h4>
Some handy tools just for the PHP Developer:
<ul>
<li><code>d( $var );</code> to render a collapsible UI container which displays your variable data in “the most informative way”</li>
<li><code>ddd( $var );</code> same as d() except that it also executes <code>die()</code> to halt execution.</li>
</ul>
Here are some variations of <code>d()</code> to give you the display you want:
<ul>
<li><code>~d( $var );</code> outputs in plain text format.</li>
<li><code>+d( $var );</code> disregards depth level limits and outputs everything</li>
<li><code>!d( $var );</code> shows expanded rich output</li>
<li><code>-d( $var );</code> attempts to ob_clean() the previous output (dump something inside of HTML)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Profiler</h4>
Kint even includes a naïve profiler, which can help you analyze which blocks of code take longer than others:
<pre><code>Kint::dump( microtime() ); // just pass microtime()
sleep( 1 );
Kint::dump( microtime(), 'after sleep(1)' );
sleep( 2 );
ddd( microtime(), 'final call, after sleep(2)' );
</code></pre>
See <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/kint-php-debugger/screenshots/" rel="ugc">screenshot 2</a> for what is rendered out in your browser.
<h3>Admin Bar</h3>
“KINT ACTIVE” indicator displays in the WordPress admin bar to alert you when the plugin is active.

Kint PHP Debugger

Really like to debug with Kint, and this plugin makes it much easier.



Useful

Love this plugin. Displays more than var_dump does and is so much easier to read the output. Handy toggle to display more information is very helpful. Love that ddd() option to display and stop execution. Thank you!!!



Improves Workflow and Troubleshooting

Thanks for this plugin. It makes debugging my arrays of arrays of arrays much simpler. ;)

Works great!

Saves a lot of time when writing plugins and themes.
Thanks!

Update 2/11/2021 - even though this plugin hasn't had any updated in more than 2 years, it is still working just great.

Does what it says

Kint is a modern and powerful PHP debugging helper, which requires zero-setup and replaces var_dump(), print_r() and debug_backtrace().

Pretty Debug vs Kint PHP Debugger