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Emzee_Dev

Provides a handy object inspection method for Magento developers.

Facts

version: 1.0.0
extension key: Emzee_Dev
extension on GitHub

Usage

To be honest, I had forgotten there is any other method besides info() in Emzee_Dev. I guess that most of the other functionalities is covered by FireGento_Debug and others now. I'll list them here for the sake of completeness.

info()

The most useful function is info(). You can call it using the model or the helper:

# using a singleton model
echo Mage::getSingleton('emzee_dev/debug')->info($variable);

# using a helper
echo Mage::helper('emzee_dev')->info($variable);

info() is intended to be used with objects. Providing info() with other types will get you a simple print_r() output.

For objects, you get

A graphical presentation of the public methods that exits in the class and its parent classes.
- You can see which class defines the method.
- Hover over the method name to see the defining class.
- Click on the method name to see the method declaration (variables, default values).
The names of the parent and child blocks if the object is a block class.
A nice backtrace showing the content of the files next to the called line.

Here is a screenshot so you get a better picture:

Emzee_Dev info() call

configInfo()

Prints the absolute pathes of various Magento folders.
Prints a list of all modules with status, code pool, dependencies and version.

memoryUsage()

Returns current memory usage in human readable format.

modelInfo()

Returns information on models:

which model groups are defined in config XML files (node global > models)
what does that model group get translated to (e.g. "admin" => "Mage_Admin_Model")
if it is a "normal" model: what is the resource model for this model
if it is a resource model: which entities do exist for this model

Compatibility

Magento CE 1.7 - 1.9 (only tested here; initial version worked with 1.3 CE, so you may try it with older versions)

Installation Instructions

Install the extension using modman or copy all the files into your document root. If you copy the files yourself copy app/design/frontend/base/default/template/emzee_dev/ to app/design/adminhtml/default/default/template/emzee_dev/ manually.

Uninstallation

Remove the extension like all other extensions you install using modman.

Changelog

See Changelog.

Support

If you have any issues with this extension, open an issue on GitHub.

Contribution

Any contribution is highly appreciated. The best way to contribute code is to open a pull request on GitHub.