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Debug your PHP code efficiently with a variety of client and server-side tools.
 In this concise course for experienced PHP developers, author Jon Peck 
demonstrates how to leverage PHP's built-in tools, as well as the Xdebug 
and Firebug extensions, and FirePHP libraries to improve the quality of 
your code and reduce troubleshooting overhead.

This course covers installation of Xdebug on Apache as well as working 
with the NetBeans IDE (integrated development environment). Jon then 
introduces native web browser developer tools for Firefox and Chrome, 
and demonstrates browser independent web debugging tools. Best 
practices for debugging and profiling web application failures and 
performance issues are also covered.
Topics include:

    Configuring PHP error reporting
    Logging errors to file
    Gracefully handling fatal errors
    Installing Xdebug
    Understanding the principles of remote debugging
    Remote debugging with NetBeans
    Extending your browser with Firebug, FirePHP, or ChromePHP