Comments on: Smarty Debug with Firebug

By: Garrick

Garrick — Tue, 10 May 2011 21:27:16 +0000

@Azzer, @Safwen: Smarty_debug is a function that is defined in the smarty debug tpl file. Since you’re getting the error, then it means you’re not loading the correct file or portion of the file.

If you’re still getting the regular Smarty Debug window that pops open on every page load, you know for sure it’s not loading the correct code.

I suggest going back to make sure you’re loading the correct file. Also, make sure to check the $_smarty_debug_output variable. At the top of the code snippet, you’ll notice that the code is doing a check to see if it $_smarty_debug_output == ‘html’. If $_smarty_debug_output isset and == ‘html’ then it will print out the Smarty Debug window code.

By: Safwen

Safwen — Tue, 10 May 2011 18:27:10 +0000

Hi,
Very interesting stuff
But I can’t make it working
I got alway this error message:
>>> Smarty_debug();
ReferenceError: Smarty_debug is not defined.
Could you please explain what to do exactly with the above code source? Where to copy this code?
What about debugging prestashop with firebug?
Thanks a lot
BR,

By: Azzer

Azzer — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 13:09:27 +0000

Hi I placed the above code in debug.tpl, set $debugging to true but got the following error when typing Smarty_debug(true); in the firebug console:
ReferenceError: Smarty_debug is not defined { message=”Smarty_debug is not defined”, more…}

Did I missed something? I am using Smarty 2.6.26, Firebug 1.5.4

By: Martin Sjåstad

Martin Sjåstad — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:51:15 +0000

@Garrick: Yes it has, the only thing now is to actually understand the code that produces all of this smarty awesomeness

Thanks for this tip!!

By: Garrick

Garrick — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:41:12 +0000

@Martin Sjåstad: No problem. Honest mistake. I hope this has been helpful.

By: Martin Sjåstad

Martin Sjåstad — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:12:24 +0000

I am half blind…
Didn’t read the comment in the Smarty_debug(); line

“Write this in your firebug console”…
Doooohh!!

Thanks!!!

By: Martin Sjåstad

Martin Sjåstad — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 08:49:16 +0000

I am struggling a little bit with how to get this to work..
Where do I put Smarty_debug(true);??

Thanks!

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