Zend Framework debug bar!

Finally, a debug bar for Zend Framework: Scienta ZF Debug Bar. It’s easy to install and I’m loving it! All it takes to install is:

• copy the scienta folder into your library
• add some code to your bootstrap and include your database connection
• run your app!

Get the debug bar here, including installation instructions.

Debug bar example:

That’s it! Easy as pie. It will display a nicely styled debug bar at the bottom of your screen. It displays the following information:

• Zend Framework version
• All variables (request and view vars)
• Number of queries and the execution time of those (individually and the sum of all queries).
• Full SQL of your (MySQL) queries
• Peak memory usage
• Execution time (including all the custom made scripts which were executed: your controllers, views, and (view) helpers.
• Errors

All these can be turned on and off in the bootstrap.

The debug bar already helped me speed up some of my Zend Framework apps. I noticed some describe queries in my app, which apparently can be cached.