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--- v5:userguide:debug [2023/04/08 15:43] – Revised "special options" table and added standard true/false values dregad
+++ v5:userguide:debug [2025/06/01 13:21] (current) – Remove square brackets in tags dregad
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 ===== Description =====
-Enabling debug mode makes the driver return copious amounts of debugging information from both ADOdb and the PHP driver itself. Information is displayed on both standard output (STDOUT) and standard error (STDERR) channels.
+Enabling debug mode makes the driver return debugging information from both ADOdb and the PHP driver itself.
+The output includes the executed SQL statement with parameters, as well as error messages and backtrace information if there are problems.
+It is suitable for viewing in a browser (see [[#formatting|Formatting section below]])
+See [[v5:reference:logging]] for details on how to capture and redirect output.
 ===== Usage =====
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 include 'adodb.inc.php';
 $conn = newAdoConnection('mysqli');
+# Here is the earliest point where Debug Mode can be set
 $conn->connect($host, $user, $pass, 'database');
+# Enable Debug mode
 $conn->debug = true;
 $recordSet = $conn->execute('SELECT * FROM product');
 </code>
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 By default, the parameters passed to the query are compressed into a set of //key => value// pairs.
 This information is printed after the SQL statement, using a ''<code>'' tag. Styling can be applied using CSS, see [[#formatting|Formatting section below]].
+==== Possible values ====
+In addition to the standard ''True'' and ''False'' states accepted by this switch, there are 3 additional non-boolean values that, if set, will vary some of the output produced.
+^ Value  ^ Description                                                                                                     ^
+| False  | Debug mode disabled (normal operations)                                                                         |
+| True   | Standard mode, prints executed SQL statements and error information including a Backtrace if the query failed.  |
+| -1     | Same as Standard mode, but with the line separators around the SQL statements suppressed.                       |
+| 99     | Prints a Backtrace after every query execution, **even if the execution is successful**.                        |
+| -99    | Debug information is only printed if query execution failed, reducing the amount of output.                     |
 ===== Formatting =====
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-===== Special Options =====
-There are 3 non-boolean switches that, if set, will vary some of the output produced
-^ Value  ^ Description                                                                                                     ^
-| False  | Debug mode disabled (normal operations)                                                                         |
-| True   | Standard mode, prints executed SQL statements and error information including a Backtrace if the query failed.  |
-| -1     | Same as Standard mode, but with the line separators around the SQL statements suppressed.                       |
-| 99     | Prints a Backtrace after every query execution, **even if the execution is successful**.                        |
-| -99    | Debug information is only printed if query execution failed, reducing the amount of output.                     |
 ===== Limitations =====
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   * Some drivers, the SQL server driver in particular, produce overwhelming volumes of debugging information.
-{{tag>[debugging]}}
+{{tag>debugging}}