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PHP Debug Manager (with Featured VarDumper tool)

A VS Code extension focused on managing debug statements in PHP. The main feature is the Debug Manager (tree view, bookmarks, export, logs, i18n), plus a featured VarDumper insertion tool.

Features

Scanning

• Automatically scans PHP files
• Supports multiple patterns: var_dump, print_r, error_log, debug_backtrace, etc.
• Custom patterns
• Tree view: file → line → content

Interactions

• Jump to location
• Clear statements (single/file/global; bookmarked items are protected)
• Expand/collapse
• Reveal in Manager from SCM warning dialog

Monitoring

• Auto refresh on file changes
• Manual refresh and auto scan; output channel logs time and results (EN/ZH)

SCM Staging Guard

• Modes:
  • strict: block staging when debug statements exist
  • warn: unstage first, require “Continue” to re-stage; supports “Reveal Location” and “Reveal in Manager”
  • lenient: log only
• Configurable and enabled by default (strict)

VarDumper Tool (featured)

• Shortcut: mac cmd+shift+/, win/linux ctrl+shift+/
• Smart insertion after semicolon or into empty block, matching indentation
• Avoids arrays/argument lists; warns and skips in strings or incomplete selections

Configuration (example)

{
  "phpVarDumper.customPatterns": ["var_dump", "print_r", "error_log", "debug_backtrace", "die", "exit"],
  "phpVarDumper.autoScan": true,
  "phpVarDumper.scanOnStartup": true,
  "phpVarDumper.showStatusBar": true,
  "phpVarDumper.stagingGuard.enabled": true,
  "phpVarDumper.stagingGuard.mode": "strict",
  "phpVarDumper.language": "system"
}

Internationalization

• Manifest strings follow VS Code UI language
• Runtime strings (dialogs, status bar, logs, tree labels) switchable via setting

Commands

Performance (example projects)

• Scan < 2s for 1000+ files
• Low memory footprint during scan

Implementation (overview)

• Efficient file filtering and caching; incremental scan
• Output logs for scan duration and results; guard integrates with repository state changes

License & Support

• MIT License
• Issues: GitHub repository

Keep your repo clean with organized debugging.