popphp/pop-debug

Pop Debug Component for Pop PHP Framework

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Overview

pop-debug is a debugging component that can be used to hook into an application to track certain aspects of the application's lifecycle. It can help provide insight to an application's performance or any issues that may arise within an application.

pop-debug is a component of the Pop PHP Framework.

Install

Install pop-debug using Composer.

composer require popphp/pop-debug

Or, require it in your composer.json file

"require": {
    "popphp/pop-debug" : "^3.0.0"
}

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Quickstart

The basic concept of the debugger is that it works with a handler object or multiple handler objects and one storage object. The handlers are wired to listen to and track various aspects of the application and push their results to the storage object to be retrieved at a later time.

In this simple example, we can set up a generic message handler to store its triggered messages in a file.

use Pop\Debug\Debugger;
use Pop\Debug\Handler\MessageHandler;
use Pop\Debug\Storage\File;

$debugger = new Debugger();
$debugger->addHandler(new MessageHandler());
$debugger->setStorage(new File(__DIR__ . '/log'));

$debugger['message']->addMessage('Hey! Something happened!');

$debugger->save();

The above code will save the following output to the log folder in a CSV file:

key,handler,start,end,elapsed,type,message,context
b8c00658be2aee93703deea23e58b99f,message,1762216971.7394,,,message,Hey! Something happened!,

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Handlers

There are a total of 6 available handlers. More handlers can be added, provided they implement the Pop\Debug\Handler\HandlerInterface interface.

Exception

The exception handler captures and tracks any exceptions thrown by an application.

use Pop\Debug\Debugger;
use Pop\Debug\Handler\ExceptionHandler;
use Pop\Debug\Storage\File;

$debugger = new Debugger();
$debugger->addHandler(new ExceptionHandler());
$debugger->setStorage(new File(__DIR__ . '/log'));

try {
    throw new \Exception('Error: This is a test exception');
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    $debugger['exception']->addException($e);
    $debugger->save();
}

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Memory

The memory handler captures memory usages and peak memory usage. At any point in the application, you can call the updateMemoryUsage() and updatePeakMemoryUsage() methods to take a snapshot of memory usage in the app at that time.

use Pop\Debug\Debugger;
use Pop\Debug\Handler\MemoryHandler;
use Pop\Debug\Storage\File;

$debugger = new Debugger();
$debugger->addHandler(new MemoryHandler());
$debugger->setStorage(new File(__DIR__ . '/log'));


$debugger['memory']->updateMemoryUsage();
$debugger['memory']->updatePeakMemoryUsage();
sleep(2);
$debugger['memory']->updateMemoryUsage();
$debugger['memory']->updatePeakMemoryUsage();

$debugger->save();

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Message

The message handler provides simple and generic messaging to record debug events from within the application:

use Pop\Debug\Debugger;
use Pop\Debug\Handler\MessageHandler;
use Pop\Debug\Storage\File;

$debugger = new Debugger();
$debugger->addHandler(new MessageHandler());
$debugger->setStorage(new File(__DIR__ . '/log'));

$debugger['message']->addMessage('Hey! Something happened!');

$debugger->save();

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PHP

The PHP handler provides a way to take a snapshot of common PHP info and INI values:

use Pop\Debug\Debugger;
use Pop\Debug\Handler\PhpHandler;
use Pop\Debug\Storage\File;

$debugger = new Debugger();
$debugger->addHandler(new PhpHandler());
$debugger->setStorage(new File(__DIR__ . '/log'));

$debugger->save();

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Query

The query handler is a special handler that ties into the pop-db component and the profiler available with that component. It allows you to capture any database queries and any information associated with them.

You can set up the query handler like this:

use Pop\Debug\Debugger;
use Pop\Debug\Storage\File;
use Pop\Db\Db;
use Pop\Db\Record;

$db = Db::mysqlConnect([
    'database' => 'DATABASE',
    'username' => 'DB_USER',
    'password' => 'DB_PASS'
]);

class Users extends Record {}

Record::setDb($db);

// Register the query handler with the DB adapter 
$queryHandler = $db->listen('Pop\Debug\Handler\QueryHandler');

$debugger = new Debugger();
$debugger->addHandler($queryHandler);
$debugger->setStorage(new File('log'));

// Interact with the database
$user = new Users([
    'username' => 'admin',
    'password' => 'password'
]);

$user->save();

$debugger->save();

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Request

The request handler works with a Pop\Http\Server\Request object from the pop-http component and tracks all of the inbound request data. The following example would be a block of code that would run in a script that receives an inbound HTTP request:

use Pop\Debug\Debugger;
use Pop\Debug\Handler\RequestHandler;
use Pop\Debug\Storage\File;

$debugger = new Debugger();
$debugger->addHandler(new RequestHandler());
$debugger->setStorage(new File(__DIR__ . '/log'));
$debugger->save();

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Time

The time handler provides a simple way to track how long a application request takes, which is useful for performance metrics.

use Pop\Debug\Debugger;
use Pop\Debug\Handler\TimeHandler;
use Pop\Debug\Storage\File;

$debugger = new Debugger();
$debugger->addHandler(new TimeHandler());
$debugger->setStorage(new File(__DIR__ . '/log'));

sleep(2);

$debugger->save();

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Storage

There are two different storage options are available to store the output of the debugger:

  • CSV (or TSV) File
  • Database Table

File

Store the debugger output into a file in a folder location:

use Pop\Debug\Debugger;
use Pop\Debug\Handler\TimeHandler;
use Pop\Debug\Storage\File;

$debugger = new Debugger();
$debugger->addHandler(new TimeHandler());
$debugger->setStorage(new File(__DIR__ . '/log'));

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Database

Store the debugger output into a table in a database. The default table name is pop_debug but that can be changed with the database storage object.

use Pop\Debug\Debugger;
use Pop\Debug\Handler\TimeHandler;
use Pop\Debug\Storage\Database;
use Pop\Db\Db;

$db = Db::mysqlConnect([
    'database' => 'DATABASE',
    'username' => 'DB_USER',
    'password' => 'DB_PASS'
]);

$debugger = new Debugger();
$debugger->addHandler(new TimeHandler());
$debugger->setStorage(new Database($db, 'text', 'my_debug_table'));

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Logging

The debug component can also work with the pop-log component to deliver syslog-compatible logging messages to a logging resource using the standard BSD syslog protocol RFC-3164. Logging can be used in additional to the storage adapters, or by itself, sending the debug data and information to the logging resource only and without storing anything to a storage adapter.

To work with a logger, a logger object must be passed to the debugger, along with logging parameters, which is an array of options. The minimum parameter required is a level value. The context option can also be used to log the body of the debug messaging results:

use Pop\Debug\Debugger;
use Pop\Debug\Handler\ExceptionHandler;
use Pop\Debug\Storage\File;
use Pop\Log;

$debugger = new Debugger();
$debugger->addHandler(new ExceptionHandler(true));
$debugger->addLogger(
    new Log\Logger(new Log\Writer\File(__DIR__ . '/log/debug.log')),
    [
        'level'   => Log\Logger::ERROR,
        'context' => 'json'
    ]
);

try {
    throw new Pop\Debug\Exception('This is a test debug exception');
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    $debugger['exception']->addException($e);
    $debugger->save();
}

Other logging parameters options include:

Memory

The usage_limit and peak_limit are memory-specific limits to monitor is an operation goes above the specified limits.

$loggingParams = [
    'level'       => Log\Logger::WARNING,
    'usage_limit' => '500000',  // Limit in bytes.
                                // If the usage goes above the limit,
                                // the log message is sent
    'peak_limit'  => '1000000', // Limit in bytes.
                                // If the peak usage goes above the limit,
                                // the log message is sent
];

Query, Request & Time

The limit parameter is supported for the query, request and time handlers. It is a time limit. If any of those operations take longer than the time limit, a log message is sent.

$loggingParams = [
    'level' => Log\Logger::WARNING,
    'limit' => 1, // Time limit in seconds.
                  // If the operation takes longer than the time limit,
                  // the log message is sent
];
Query Example:
use Pop\Debug\Debugger;
use Pop\Db\Db;
use Pop\Db\Record;
use Pop\Db\Adapter\Profiler\Profiler;
use Pop\Log;

$db = Db::mysqlConnect([
    'database' => 'DATABASE',
    'username' => 'DB_USER',
    'password' => 'DB_PASS'
]);

class Users extends Record {}

Record::setDb($db);

// Register the debugger and query handler with the DB adapter
$debugger = new Debugger();
$db->listen('Pop\Debug\Handler\QueryHandler', null, new Profiler($debugger));

// Add logger to the debugger
$debugger->addLogger(
    new Log\Logger(new Log\Writer\File(__DIR__ . '/log/debug.log')),
    [
        'level' => Log\Logger::INFO,
        'limit' => 1
    ]
);

// Save a user to the database - debugging and logging will automatically happen
$user = new Users([
    'username' => 'testuser',
    'password' => 'password',
    'email'    => 'testuser@test.com'
]);

$user->save();

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