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Debugging with FirePHP

I just discovered FirePHP today (via a discussion at PHPBuilder.com), a set of PHP classes along with a Firefox add-on which allows you to debug your PHP scripts through the Firebug console (a separate Firefox add-on you’ll also need to install if you haven’t already done so).
Essentially, what it does is allow your PHP server-side [...]

Beginners’ Corner: The Dreaded Blank Page

[2008/07/15: Added this to the "Beginners' Corner" category]
A common problem I see new PHP users running into is having a script output absolutely nothing: the dreaded “blank page” syndrome. This is normally due to a syntax error of some sort generating a fatal parse error. As this error is generated before any of the script [...]