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Log_FirePHP 0.12.0, released on May 14, 2009. 

 What is Log_FirePHP ?

Log_FirePHP is a driver for PEAR::Log package. This driver enables you to log to your Firebug Console using a simple PHP method call.

What is FirePHP ?
You can know much more on visit official web site at http://www.firephp.org. Don't forget to visit also the FirePHP headquarters at http://www.firephp.org/HQ to see other frameworks integration (such Zend, Symfony, ...)

What makes FirePHP different from other debugging methods ?
All data is sent via a set of X-FirePHP-Data response headers. This means that the debugging data will not interfere with the content on your page. Avoid echo, var_dump, print_r, that you could use/add and forget to remove once your debugging step is over !

Know more about the birth of a driver
I discovered FirePHP in September 2008 while I worked on a commercial project. It help me so much, that I've idea to wrote a driver for PEAR::Log package. Here are the timeline:

• 2008-09-28: my first draft proposal was sent to Jon Parise (author of PEAR::Log)
• 2008-10-11: draft to PEPr was opened
• 2008-11-08: New API following recommandation of Jon Parise
• 2008-12-11: Call for votes was opened. See results
• 2009-03-11: Open of this web space dedicated to PEAR::Log FirePHP driver

Features

FirePHP 0.2.1 features supports.

• Options filters
• Error and Exception Handling
• Groups
• Logging Messages (priority styling, tables, traces)
• Dumping Variables

Specifications

Supported Platforms

Operating System independent.

Supported Browsers

Firefox 3

System Requirements

Required resources:

• PHP 5.2.0 or greater.
• PEAR 1.5.4 or greater.
• PEAR Log package 1.11.3 or greater.
• FirePHPCore 0.3 or greater.

Optional resources: