no debug output

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I'm working on an extension for expresso store and I want to output some variables, using print_r or echo but nothing is outputted on the front-end.

I'm logged in as admin, I have template debugging on, I have php enabled for the template I'm looking (and yes the template is calling the extension)

any help?

thanks Francesco

EE 2.9.3

Jim Wyse · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-04 14:25:49Z

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put in die(); or exit(); after the stuff you'd like to inspect. otherwise your extension will keep running and you may not see the output.

answered Jun 4, 2015 at 14:25

Jim Wyse

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this, especially with Expresso which will throw redirects in there, (product added -> redirect to cart), checkout button on cart == submit cart form -> redirect to checkout, ect... Another option is to dump your output to a (log) file so you don't have to die the code.
– Blatant
Commented Jun 4, 2015 at 16:21
Wonderfull! it works! So is it alwais needed to do like that?
– Francesco Pensabene
Commented Jun 4, 2015 at 19:12
Frequently, yes. Especially if you want to see your raw data before and after you've manipulate it. As mentioned you can log it to a file if you want to do comparisons after you've made code adjustments.
– Jim Wyse
Commented Jun 4, 2015 at 19:30

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