HOWTO: Enable DEBUG mode

Rickard,

It might be a better idea to suggest adding the line to config.php. For example, I have a local development copy of my PunBB board (because I'm modifying it) and the remote working copy. If PUN_DEBUG is included in common.php then I would (potentially) have to change that file every time I upload a new version to the server.

rain: The idea is that people generally shouldn't have it enabled. People think it's cool to show off how many milliseconds the page was generated in, but they don't realize debug mode will also reveal things about their server they might not want to disclose in the event of a failure.

Why not just MOD the footer to see just the milliseconds info without enabling Pun Debug mode?  Would that not solve the safety issue.

Changes /footer.php in the punbb root (do save a backup first PLEASE!)

Look for:

// Display debug info (if enabled/defined)
if (defined('PUN_DEBUG'))
{
    // Calculate script generation time
    list($usec, $sec) = explode(' ', microtime());
    $time_diff = sprintf('%.3f', ((float)$usec + (float)$sec) - $pun_start);

    echo "\t\t\t\t\t\t".'<br>[ <span class="punclosed">Generated in '.$time_diff.' seconds, '.$db->get_num_queries().' queries executed</span> ]'."\n";
}

Change to:

// Display debug info (if enabled/defined)
// if (defined('PUN_DEBUG'))
// {
    // Calculate script generation time
    list($usec, $sec) = explode(' ', microtime());
    $time_diff = sprintf('%.3f', ((float)$usec + (float)$sec) - $pun_start);

    echo "\t\t\t\t\t\t".'<br>[ <span class="punclosed">Generated in '.$time_diff.' seconds, '.$db->get_num_queries().' queries executed</span> ]'."\n";
// }

In text: I've commented out (using '//') the check for debug mode... if you have your backup, you could also just remove the commented lines in the replacement code.

Oh well, if it amuses some people to show off speed (which I have to agree is not too interesting), then that's fine.

Nope: there really isn't a need to switch it on/off enough to warrant a mod (plus, the mod couldn't rely on the database to store its information)

Looks neat to have it on; what's the downside to showing a few statistics about your server?

Should we fix for every edition of PunBB?