sethmatics

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EASY TO USE! Developers who build plugins and themes everyday know the constant hassle of finding the proper place to print out PHP variables and objects to see whats going on. This plugin will help you with that process by giving you a simple function to call, that automatically appends a printed version of your variable/object/array and sends it to a hidden DIV that only loads when the admin bar loads, and only loads when logged in with administrative permissions in wordpress.
So whats the catch? Well, using utilities like this always prooves difficult because knowing how it works is often complex. We have simplified the process as much as possible. Here is an example:
USAGE -> Quickstart: Open any php file that you know is being loaded and add “dbug($GLOBALS)” to print all global variables. 
1. You built a new array thats holding some custom meta data loaded on the page. 
2. For some reason, you think its empty, or the values are not acting like you expect. 
3. Next step is typically to print it out right? 
4. With this plugin activated, simply add the following to your file without the quotes “dbug($myarray);” 
5. Maybe its 4 arrays and a string you are trying to follow, no problem “dbug($myarray1); dbug($myarray2); dbug($myarray3); dbug($myarray4); dbug($mystring1);” 
6. Now load the page, click the “Debug” link at the top of the screen, watch the debug menu slide out, and notice all your variables are printed nicely for your viewing.
Plugin provided by http://sethmatics.com/.
Features include:
<ul>
<li>Secured so that only logged in administrators can ever see the Debug panel.</li>
<li>Ability to append as many variables for printing as desired.</li>
<li>Now COMPLETELY compatable with the premium “ClassiPress” theme which can be purchased at <a href="http://appthemes.com/cp/go.php?r=2505&i=b3" title="www.appthemes.com" rel="nofollow ugc">ClassiPress</a></li>
<li>Enter a set of “watched” variables you want printed so that you can view them without FTP (for portable developers)</li>
<li>Added some jQuery collapse/expand functions to watched array variables</li>
</ul>
Features Coming soon:
<ul>
<li>jQuery styling and enhanced array viewing by animated “tree” like array exploring. Navigate your arrays like you would a files and folders.</li>
<li>code coloring – we realize grey and white is boring and difficult to read when you have alot of it. We plan to take care of that.</li>
<li>plugin options – currently we are not allowing any options to be chosen, but setting color formats, capabilities that can view the panel, and more.</li>
<li>ability to choose (by checkbox) standard wordpress variables to watch and track instead of all variables requiring manual entry.</li>
</ul>
Don’t forget to rate our plugin so we know how we are doing!

SM Debug Bar

EASY TO USE! Dropdown console for wordperss enthusiasts to print and watch the value of PHP variables.

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().

SM Debug Bar vs Kint PHP Debugger