Thursday, 15 February 2007

Firefox Extension for PHP

Bloid in a new post over at dzone web site talks about FirePHP, a Firefox extension for PHP. It allows you to take a look at all the work your PHP code does to generate that page you are currently looking at in your Firefox browser.

The author gives instructions on how to install it. He says to install the FirePHP Firefox extension and the PHP PEAR package and than add a few lines of code to the PHP application to get started. You will notice a ‘FirePHP’ tab in your Firebug extension to bring your PHP backend logic working on your systems. The FirePHP tool will work when Firebug is attached to the bottom of your browser window and also if Firebug is detached in its own window. All selection and context information is maintained as you switch between the Firebug attached and detached modes, the web site says.

The demo and screenshots are available in the web site of FirePHP. You can download the latest version here.