Tracer Spark
A very simple yet useful helper for CI tracing out data while you are working. Will trace out strings and arrays recursively.
Features Overview
- You choose to exit PHP after the trace or not
- Trace all queries called and benchmark of each one
- Can trace entire set of vars passed to the view via Loader class
- Can trace out all benchmarks set
- File name and line number included as a backtrace from where the trace was called
- Easily setup environment switching to keep traces off your staging and production boxes
- Easily style the traces with the externalized styles and view template in the views folder
To Install The Spark
From terminal, you must have sparks installed prior, see sparks page for instructions.
[bash]
cd /path_to_your_CI_reactor_build
php tools/spark install tracer
Example Usage: ( x.x indicates the version you have installed on your build )
// from a controller
function index(){
$this->load->spark( 'tracer/x.x' );
// keep on rendering page if false ( default )
trace( $_SERVER, FALSE );
// exit php and rendering if true
trace( $_SERVER, TRUE );
}
To Trace Out All View Vars
You can also trace out everything that was passed to your view. This must be called after you load view and pass data via
$this->load->view( 'viewname', $data );
// See http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/libraries/loader.html for more information on views and data.
trace_viewdata( TRUE ); // will exit if true, no if false
Thats it!!
