Free PHP development tools

check

Use this for structured or unit testing.

Simple : small learning curve
Practical : ways to de-clutter results
Practical : results to screen or file

The basic principle is to set up blocks of tests which should all pass. These tests may be.

Do we get an expected result?
Is a variable a certain type or class?
Does a call result in a particular exception?

More details about check

include('check.php'); etc. Start block... check::StartBlock('First block'); ... some tests check::Is('Should be array','array',$someVar); check::Test('Does it work',42,$universe->Answer()); check::Trap('Bad arg. excn.','arg','mult',null,'cat'); ... more tests ... check::EndBlock(); ... more blocks of tests ... check::Finish();

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dump

Use this as much better version of print_r()

Simple : small learning curve
Flexible : Trace execution, show stack
Flexible : Tweakable display of complex objects
Practical : results to screen or file

The basic principle is to follow execution showing a trace where we've added monitoring points in the code. The main functions are simple:

Where are we in the code?
Show a structured display of a variable including arrays and objects
Show the stack including complex objects used as arguments

More details about dump

include('dump.php'); etc. Immediate print... print(dump::Value($object1),'What object 1 looks like'); ... somewhere deeply nested dump::Trace('STACK'); // will list complex arguments ... at a convenient place dump::Output('someQuickFile.htm');

Example output