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README.txt
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==========
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A module containing helper functions for Drupal developers and
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inquisitive admins. This module can print a log of
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all database queries for each page request at the bottom of each page. The
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summary includes how many times each query was executed on a page, and how long
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each query took.
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It also offers
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- a block for running custom PHP on a page
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- a block for quickly accessing devel pages
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- a block for masquerading as other users (useful for testing)
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- reports memory usage at bottom of page
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- A mail-system class which redirects outbound email to files
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- more
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This module is safe to use on a production site. Just be sure to only grant
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'access development information' permission to developers.
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Also a dpr() function is provided, which pretty prints arrays and strings.
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Useful during development. Many other nice functions like dpm(), dvm().
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AJAX developers in particular ought to install FirePHP Core from
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http://www.firephp.org/ and put it in the devel directory.
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This happens automatically when you enable via drush. You may also
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use a drush command to download the library. If downloading by hand,
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your path to fb.php should look like devel/FirePHPCore/lib/FirePHPCore/fb.php.
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You can use svn checkout http://firephp.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/trunk/Libraries/FirePHPCore.
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Then you can log php variables to the Firebug console. Is quite useful.
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Included in this package is also:
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- devel_node_access module which prints out the node_access records for a given node. Also offers hook_node_access_explain for all node access modules to implement. Handy.
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- devel_generate.module which bulk creates nodes, users, comment, terms for development
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Some nifty drush integration ships with devel and devel_generate. See drush help for details.
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COMPATIBILITY NOTES
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==================
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- Modules that use AHAH may have incompatibility with the query log and other
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footer info. Consider setting $GLOBALS['devel_shutdown'] = FALSE if you run into
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any issues.
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DRUSH UNIT TEST
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==================
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See develDrushTest.php for an example of unit testing of the Drush integration.
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This uses Drush's own test framework, based on PHPUnit. To run the tests, use
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phpunit --bootstrap=/path/to/drush/tests/drush_testcase.inc. Note that we must name a file
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under /tests there.
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AUTHOR/MAINTAINER
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======================
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-moshe weitzman <weitzman at tejasa DOT com>
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http://cyrve.com
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Hans Salvisberg <drupal at salvisberg DOT com>
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