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yii-debug-toolbar

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Yii Debug Toolbar

The Yii Debug Toolbar is a configurable set of panels that display various
debug information about the current request/response and when clicked, display
more details about the panel’s content.
It is a ported to PHP famous Django Debug Toolbar.
Currently, the following panels have been written and are working:

  • Server info
  • Request timer
  • A list of superglobals
  • Application settings
  • SQL queries including time to execute and param bindings
  • Logging output via Yii built-in logging

Installation

Extract the yii-debug-toolbar from archive under protected/extensions

Usage and Configuration

For use yii-debug-toolbar need to specify new route in log component:

<?php
//...
    'log'=>array(
        'class'=>'CLogRouter',
        'routes'=>array(
            array(
                'class'=>'ext.yii-debug-toolbar.YiiDebugToolbarRoute',
                // Access is restricted by default to the localhost
                //'ipFilters'=>array('127.0.0.1','192.168.1.*', 88.23.23.0/24),
            ),
        ),
    ),
  • Make sure your IP is listed in the ipFilters setting. If you are working locally this option not required.
  • Enable Profiling and ParamLogging for all used DB connections.
<?php
//...
	'db'=>array(
	    'connectionString' => 'mysql:host=localhost;dbname=test',
	    //...
	    'enableProfiling'=>true,
	    'enableParamLogging'=>true,
	),

TODOs and BUGS

See: issues

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