Title: Simple WP FirePHP
Author: corischlegel
Published: <strong>April 8, 2010</strong>
Last modified: September 15, 2010

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# Simple WP FirePHP

 By [corischlegel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/corischlegel/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/simple-wp-firephp.zip)

 * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-wp-firephp/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-wp-firephp/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-wp-firephp/#installation)
 * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-wp-firephp/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-wp-firephp/)

## Description

I like the very simple API to FirePHP and find it very useful for debugging WordPress
plugins and themes. There are a few other plugins out there that integrate FirePHP,
notable WP-FirePHP and WP-Logger, but both add complexity that I don’t want to have
to deal with for a quick debugging task.

It wouldn’t be that hard to install the FirePHP core and add the includes to wp-
config.php, and that’s what I generally do on sites that I control, but having this
plugin in the Wrodpress.org/extend directory means that I’ll be able to install 
it on the fly for a blog that someone hasn’t given me shell or ftp access to.

### Plans

I don’t think I’ll do a _whole_ lot more with this, since I want to keep it pretty
simple, but I plan to make sure the plugin loads first (see wp-logger) and perhaps
add a simple options screen. Might also add PHP4 support, but probably not.

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Use FirePHP as you normally would on a general PHP site.
 4. If you have issues, the first place to look is to make sure you’re using the FirePHP
    calls correctly. The [FirePHP website](https://twd.wordpress.org/www.firephp.org?output_format=md)
    is a good place to start.

## FAQ

  Why am I getting the Headers Already Sent error when I activate Simple WP-FirePHP
and use the fb() function?

This is part of the behavior of FirePHP itself and is not related to the Simple 
WP-FirePHP plugin at all – FirePHP requires that the server it’s running on be configured
for output buffering (see line 4 on the [FAQ page](http://www.firephp.org/Wiki/Reference/FAQ)).
You can do this at the server level or within your script, either by opening output
buffering at the beginning of the output and closing it at the end, or by surrounding
the `fb()` call with buffering statements like so:

ob_start();

fb(“echo some stuff to the console”);

ob_end_flush();

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Simple WP FirePHP” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ corischlegel ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/corischlegel/)

[Translate “Simple WP FirePHP” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/simple-wp-firephp)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-wp-firephp/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/simple-wp-firephp/),
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## Changelog

#### 0.1

 * Alpha release – very simple includes

#### 0.2

 * Included the DBAD License
 * Simple WP FirePHP loads first
 * credit where credit is due (i.e. mostly not me)

## Meta

 *  Version **0.2.0**
 *  Last updated **16 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **2.9.2**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-wp-firephp/)
 * Tags
 * [debugging](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/debugging/)[firebug](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/firebug/)
   [firephp](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/firephp/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-wp-firephp/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ corischlegel ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/corischlegel/)

## Support

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