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--- v5:userguide:debug [2023/04/08 15:47] – Moved "Special options" section within "Usage" section and renamed to "Possible values" dregad
+++ v5:userguide:debug [2025/06/01 13:21] (current) – Remove square brackets in tags dregad
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 ===== Description =====
-Enabling debug mode makes the driver return copious amounts of debugging information from both ADOdb and the PHP driver itself. Information is displayed on both standard output (STDOUT) and standard error (STDERR) channels.
+Enabling debug mode makes the driver return debugging information from both ADOdb and the PHP driver itself.
+The output includes the executed SQL statement with parameters, as well as error messages and backtrace information if there are problems.
+It is suitable for viewing in a browser (see [[#formatting|Formatting section below]])
+See [[v5:reference:logging]] for details on how to capture and redirect output.
 ===== Usage =====
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 include 'adodb.inc.php';
 $conn = newAdoConnection('mysqli');
+# Here is the earliest point where Debug Mode can be set
 $conn->connect($host, $user, $pass, 'database');
+# Enable Debug mode
 $conn->debug = true;
 $recordSet = $conn->execute('SELECT * FROM product');
 </code>
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   * Some drivers, the SQL server driver in particular, produce overwhelming volumes of debugging information.
-{{tag>[debugging]}}
+{{tag>debugging}}