Show Debug Files Automatically

[torvista]

Someone (hello Nigel) just mentioned they would like

For a widget, I would specifically like one that tells me

1) How many debugfiles are in /cache
2) Displays the contents of the latest debug file

Occasionally while fiddling about with all this code I don't quite understand, I don't cause a white screen of death immediately, but later I find that there are debug files in the cache.

I'd prefer to know this at the time so this is a bit of code I did to flag up in the admin when there are debug.log files generated in the cache.

I put it at the top of admin/includes/header.php to use the standard error reporting function

so find

// display alerts/error messages, if any
if ($messageStack->size > 0) {
echo $messageStack->output();
}

and put this code before it

// check for debug logs
$path = str_replace(DIR_FS_CATALOG, '../', DIR_FS_SQL_CACHE).'/';
if (count(glob($path . '*.*')) > 1) {//only htaccess and index.php are in directory normally
$directory = opendir($path);
while($item = readdir($directory)){
if (strpos($item, '.log',1)){
$messageStack->add('Debug log file exists: '.DIR_FS_SQL_CACHE.'/'.$item);
}
}
}

Test it by creating a whatever.log text file in the cache directory.
The admin should display the error bar at the top of the admin pages with this info.

Improvements to this code are most welcome, if not essential (I wouldn't know).

regards
Steve

[nigelt74]

Cheers Steve, I have been looking at writing something similar, but that suits my needs perfectly

[picandnix]

Have tried but can't seem to get this to work with 1.5.1
Any hints or solutions welcome please.

[gjh42]

Debug log files now go in the /logs/ folder instead of the /cache/ folder.

[picandnix]

Debug log files now go in the /logs/ folder instead of the /cache/ folder.

Thank you Glenn but where would I edit the above to point to the correct path, logs rather than cache?

[torvista]

Have tried but can't seem to get this to work with 1.5.1

This is what I have, using 1.51.

// steve check for and display debug logs 
$path = str_replace(DIR_FS_CATALOG,'../',DIR_FS_LOGS).'/';
    $matches = glob($path ."myDEBUG*.*");
    if (is_array($matches)) {
        foreach ($matches as $filename) {
        $messageStack->add('Debug log file exists: '.str_replace($path,DIR_FS_LOGS.'/',$filename),'warning');
        }
    } 

[picandnix]

This is what I have, using 1.51.

// steve check for and display debug logs 
$path = str_replace(DIR_FS_CATALOG,'../',DIR_FS_LOGS).'/';
    $matches = glob($path ."myDEBUG*.*");
    if (is_array($matches)) {
        foreach ($matches as $filename) {
        $messageStack->add('Debug log file exists: '.str_replace($path,DIR_FS_LOGS.'/',$filename),'warning');
        }
    } 

Thank you I really appreciate that, I'll give that a go later.

[lat9]

Nice one, Steve! Thanks for sharing.

[picandnix]

Yes thankyou again, works a treat and I think it compliments Lat9's handy mod too, thank you both.

[lat9]

I just noticed, looking through the Zen Cart github repository, that this feature is slated for inclusion in the Zen Cart v1.6.0 admin!