{"id":547,"date":"2015-06-29T13:15:28","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T17:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/diananichols.wpengine.com\/?p=547"},"modified":"2016-09-22T06:49:54","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T10:49:54","slug":"debugging-scripts-in-the-console","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpwhatnot.com\/debugging-scripts-in-the-console\/","title":{"rendered":"Debugging Scripts in the Console"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The easiest way to see what data is being used inside a script. Add this script to your page (or in functions.php for sitewide use).<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-syntax-highlighter\">\n<pre><textarea id=\"mshighlighter\" class=\"mshighlighter\" language=\"php\" name=\"mshighlighter\" >\nfunction debug_to_console( $data ) {\n\n    if ( is_array( $data ) )\n        $output = \"&lt;script&gt;console.log( 'Debug Objects: \" . implode( ',', $data) . \"' );&lt;\/script&gt;\";\n    else\n        $output = \"&lt;script&gt;console.log( 'Debug Objects: \" . $data . \"' );&lt;\/script&gt;\";\n\n    echo $output;\n}<\/textarea><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>Then call it inside your function like this:<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-syntax-highlighter\">\n<pre><textarea id=\"mshighlighter\" class=\"mshighlighter\" language=\"php\" name=\"mshighlighter\" >debug_to_console($mydata);<\/textarea><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>Then just look at your console log to see the output.<\/p>\n<p>Hint: if you are tracking one variable through a script and want to see how it changes, try something like this:<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-syntax-highlighter\">\n<pre><textarea id=\"mshighlighter\" class=\"mshighlighter\" language=\"php\" name=\"mshighlighter\" >debug_to_console('step 1 -' . $mydata);<\/textarea><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The easiest way to see what data is being used inside a script. 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