Kint PHP Debugger
by Tonya Mork on WordPress.org
Kint is a modern and powerful PHP debugging helper, which requires zero-setup and replaces var_dump(), print_r() and debug_backtrace().
An example of what gets rendered in the browser when using 'd( $var )'.
This WordPress plugin is a wrapper for the Kint PHP Debugger utility version 1.x. Now instead of using var_dump() or print_r(), you simply use d() with zero, nadda, no formatting required.
Use this tool when you are debugging your website, in place of var_dump(), print_r() and debug_backtrace().
Handy Tools
Some handy tools just for the PHP Developer:
d( $var );to render a collapsible UI container which displays your variable data in “the most informative way”ddd( $var );same as d() except that it also executesdie()to halt execution.
Here are some variations of d() to give you the display you want:
~d( $var );outputs in plain text format.+d( $var );disregards depth level limits and outputs everything!d( $var );shows expanded rich output-d( $var );attempts to ob_clean() the previous output (dump something inside of HTML)
Profiler
Kint even includes a naïve profiler, which can help you analyze which blocks of code take longer than others:
Kint::dump( microtime() ); // just pass microtime()
sleep( 1 );
Kint::dump( microtime(), 'after sleep(1)' );
sleep( 2 );
ddd( microtime(), 'final call, after sleep(2)' );
See screenshot 2 for what is rendered out in your browser.
Admin Bar
“KINT ACTIVE” indicator displays in the WordPress admin bar to alert you when the plugin is active.
