Debugging PHP with Xdebug

The Xdebug is the extension for PHP that helps debugging PHP scripts by providing a lot of valuable debug information. The debug information includes stack traces and function traces in error messages, memory allocation and protection for infinite recursions.

Install Xdebug to Eclipse PDT IDE Part 2

Part 2 HD Video Tutorial of installing xdebug Eclipse PDT IDE Part 2. Click right Corner to watch it original Size.

How to use try catch PHP Exceptions to make your Code more Stable

Creating an MVC Framework from scratch has helped me realize just how important it is to have mechanisms in place that will help you deal with errors or unexpected output. If your script accepts input from a user or a third party script, rest assured your script will have to deal with bad data, no matter how unlikely that is.

PHP Error Handling

In this tutorial, you will learn how to remove those error messages in PHP.

Catching PHP Exceptions-Except the unexpected

In this tutorial I'll show some important aspects to consider when planning exceptions.

Handling errors

As coders, I'm sure we all know the value of good error handling. So I thought a quick post about how Codeigniter deals with those pesky errors would be a good post. The way I see it, there are 2 types of errors we have to work with. The ones which are displayed out in nice friendly text to your users, and the type which are hidden and shown only to you as the coder to figure out where something has gone wrong.

Logging errors with PHP

PHP has several settings for logging errors; in this post I will look at the log_errors and error_log settings which control whether errors should be logged and where to.

Detecting errors and bottle necks

In this php tutorial I'll teach different ways to detect errors and bottlenecks in PHP projects.

Catching PHP Exceptions: Except the unexpected

PHP Exceptions can greatly assist in implementing various error scenario's into an application. Before PHP5 one had to resort to specific return values or drastic measures like trigger_error(). Planning exceptions, I found out, is just as important as class design.

Type hinting with PHP

PHP has supported type hinting for parameter functions from version 5.0 for objects and from version 5.1 for arrays. Type hinting means the function specifies what type the parameter must be and if it is not of the correct type an error will occur. Type hinting is not supported for other types, e.g. for strings and integers.

Debugging your PHP Code

Finding errors in your code by enabling PHP error reporting.

PHP Warning: Module 'modulename' already loaded in Unknown on line 0

This page describes how to resolve the following PHP warning: PHP Warning: Module 'modulename' already loaded in Unknown on line 0

Get rid of Warning: division by zero on line

Php is a great language because it allows you to create great web application but it may be useful even for calculations. Php is often used creating graphics on the fly starting from simple data. If you're projecting a script tide up with math you may encounter a typical error that come out when you try to divide a number by zero.

Replace error reporting with exception handlers with PHP

As part of a series of posts about PHP exception handling, this post looks at how to make regular errors use exception model. Normally only the newer object-oriented extensions throw exceptions but it is possible to make all errors throw an exception instead using set_error_handler.

Catch uncaught exceptions

This is the third in a series of posts about exception handling in PHP and looks at how to specify a default exception handler. The default handler is called for any exceptions that occur which are not enclosed in a try..catch block.

Errors and How to Fix Them

This tutorial will briefly describe some of the common errors in PHP.

Debugging Your Mysql Queries

You are going to learn how to make your scripts easier to debug and how to make your errors more user friendly.

Debugging PHP: Did You Remember to

So you've finally managed to install PHP. Anxious to use your new tool, you find the print function in the manual, write your own hello world, load the page and the dreaded "Parse error: parse error in /usr/local/apache/htdocs/test.php on line 2" error pops up in front of you. You know the scenario, read on to learn the fixes....

Error Handling

Every website will encounter errors from time to time. Most sites will not have any error handling in place and the visitor will most likely receive a cryptic programming error. This can turn visitors away as they don't know what is happening. The way around this is to provide some error handling in your scripts. By testing for errors at crucial stages (e.g accessing a database) you can provide a friendly error message for the user. This tutorial will show you how the error handling functions fo

Debugging Your Mysql Queries

Before you start with this tutorial it is best to know a couple of things about php. We are going to use a lot of functions! Functions in php are very easy to learn. So if you don't know how to use them and you do want to start with this tutorial, search Google and try to study them for an hour or two. You won't regret it! We are also going to use mysql. You'll need a basic understanding on how the mysql queries work and how you can make a mysql connection. Jambo has written an excellent tuto