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#1 2004-08-14 03:49:43

zem

Developer Emeritus

From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-04-08

Posts: 2,579

plugin: zem_debug

Here’s a trivial plugin to help diagnose errors. All it does is turn on PHP error reporting, exactly like uncommenting the lines at the beginning of publish.php.

http://thresholdstate.com/software/3720/zem_debug

To use it, just install and set Active to ‘yes’ in the plugin interface.

I’d recommend against leaving it enabled on a production site, for security reasons.

Last edited by zem (2004-11-30 00:08:24)

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Alex

#2 2004-11-30 00:09:16

zem

Developer Emeritus

From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-04-08

Posts: 2,579

Re: plugin: zem_debug

I’ve released a new version, 0.2. This one adds a custom error handler that makes it much easier to identify buggy plugins.

Usually plugin errors look like this:

<code>Notice: Undefined variable: foo in /usr/home/tstate/public_html/textpattern/publish.php(780) : eval()’d code line 1363</code>

With the custom error handler, errors look like this:

<code>Error 8 Undefined variable: foo in abc_myplugin(), /usr/home/tstate/public_html/textpattern/publish.php(780) : eval()’d code line 1363</code>

Last edited by zem (2004-11-30 00:31:57)

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Alex

#3 2004-11-30 05:32:19

Manfre

Plugin Author

From: North Carolina

Registered: 2004-05-22

Posts: 588

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Re: plugin: zem_debug

IMO, this is the best plugin!

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#4 2005-01-06 17:44:10

wilshire

Plugin Author

From: Akron, Ohio

Registered: 2004-08-27

Posts: 656

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Re: plugin: zem_debug

Agreed that this is a nice plugin, BUT, plugin developers have to use it before anyone else can.

I installed this on my site and promptly got over 50 <code>Error 8 Undefined variable:</code> messages from various plugins I use.

Last edited by wilshire (2005-01-06 17:44:58)

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#5 2005-01-06 20:35:06

edburdo

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Registered: 2004-09-20

Posts: 79

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Re: plugin: zem_debug

I installed this on my site and promptly got over 50 Error 8 Undefined variable: messages from various plugins I use.

I get one right now. A royal pain… hopefully as more people use the Debug plugin, they will fix their own plugins. :)

BTW, my error is in the mdm_if_category plugin. I get a string offset error. Anyone wanna take a shot at fixing it? :)

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