Debugging

Joomlatools Pages has a built-in debugger to help you understand errors and exceptions. To enable it, set the Debug Joomla configuration to Yes, and Error Reporting to development in Joomla's global configuration.

Using Xdebug

If you have Xdebug enabled the framework will automatically enable the debugger. You can enable Xdebug in a single command if you are using our Vagrant Box.

Note: With XDebug enabled the built-in debugger will be able to show a complete stacktrace for any type of error, including fatal errors. Without it enabled fatal errors will only show the location they have been thrown in.

Using IDEs

We have also written specific tutorials on how to debug with our favourite IDEs, as used by our team:

• PHPStorm: Using PhpStorm as IDE? Check our blog post on Debugging Joomla with PhpStorm & Xdebug.
• SublimeText: Debugging Joomla with SublimeText and Xdebug