Debugging in wordpress can be a bit difficult when your first starting out, while I don’t use breakpoints such as what Visual Studio offers, I can offer advice on how to debug php in general, as well as turning on the debugging output from wordpress. First start by opening up your wp-config.php and finding the … Read more
Maybe you are after something like WP PHP Console. Another good plugin would be the Simple Error Handler, while it should be regarded it is compatible only up to 3.8.11 and you may consider forking it to be compatible to latest version of WordPress.
As mmm stated: in which file appears the first notice? Wherever the notice is mentioning the location of this deprecated function (path/to/some/file.php), you would insert the following just below the <?php tag which starts off the file: error_reporting(0); I’ve tried the above functions you mentioned and inserted them in my wp-config.php when I experience something … Read more
this is also a quick way; <!– <?php print_r( debug_backtrace() ) ?> –> paste it just before the closing tag
Always flush the rewrite rules when you register a new public post type or taxonomy. Otherwise the internal rewrite rules will not take that into account when an URL is mapped to a query. You can automate that process by hooking into registered_post_type and registered_taxonomy. Below is the updated code, based on feedback from comments … Read more
i was having problems all day with what seemed to be 404 misfirings. anyway, i just finished chatting with a dreamhost tech support person who told me that a user account i have with them was hitting process memory resource limits (all processes) and that was what was causing strange, seemingly htaccess-related problems. i was … Read more
The print_r function accept second parameter for return so it retrun the variable instead of printing it. print_r($expression, $return) So you can do error_log( print_r( $variable, true ) );
You can paste this block of code in your currently active WordPress theme functions.php file: function wpse_footer_db_queries(){ echo ‘<!– ‘.get_num_queries().’ queries in ‘.timer_stop(0).’ seconds. –>’.PHP_EOL; } add_action(‘wp_footer’, ‘wpse_footer_db_queries’); The above block of code, will render an HTML comment in the footer of your theme (before </body> and </html>, containing the number of database queries and … Read more
Meanwhile, I found some plugins and tools that can help with this: Query Monitor Laps Debug Bar with some add-ons(Slow Actions, Rewrite Rules, etc.) If you really wanna go deep, try using Webgrind. Not the most friendly tool, but it’ll do the job. Be aware that some of this tools will also have an impact … Read more
PHP constants don’t have the leading $. Strictly, this isn’t WordPress, but since there isn’t a Core is_debug() function that I am aware of, what you want is: if (defined(‘WP_DEBUG’) && true === WP_DEBUG) { echo ‘d00d’; }