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Extended Debug Info for Joomla!

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Marco's Extended Debug is a partial rewrite of the base System - Debug plugin distributed with Joomla!.
It extends the basic functionality by adding other information such as the dump of GPC variables  (GET, POST, cookies), the dump of the session variable, but, above all, adds the ability to limit sending debug information to specific IPs or networks, so you can use it on production machines.

• Can limit output to single IPs like 192.168.10.2 or entire networks like 192.168.1.0/24 or combinue values
• Dumps requests in $_POST, $_GET, $_COOKIES
• Dumps VALUES in $_SESSIONS
• Dumps remote client info (IP, referres, method)
• Add specific css classes and IDs for better reading (add also css file)

Note:
It's a developers' plugin.    

Additional Set up

• Display only to specific IP(s):
  comma separed list of IP which should display debug info; you can insert single IPs or networks:  192.168.10.2,192.168.1.0/24 means 192.168.10.2 and ALL IPs from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.254 (no broadcast, zero by your router config)
  Surely this is the most important enhancement
• Display remote client Information
  Display remote address, browser type, referrer, query string and  method (GET, POST)
• Dump NameSpaces
  options are:
  • Get
  • Post
  • Cookie
  • Get, Post
  • Get, Post, Cookie
Select which superglobal arrays to inspect and dump.
• Display Session vars
  Dumps values in $_SESSIONS array
• Add additional css
  Add a css for formatting. some templates/plugins save js and css in cache for preformance, so REMEMBER to empty /cache dir after enable/modify css

Standard Set up

Please, refer to Joomla! docs for standard settings.

Quick instructions

1. install the plugin, set the same execution order of  'System - debug' default plugin
2. enable it ;)
3. disable   'System - debug' default plugin
4. enable debug in Global Configuration - System
5. on production machine fill the 'Display only to specific IP(s)' field with your IP or network

HISTORY

Version 1.5.1 (Sep 5th, 2010)  first release

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