debug the admin

[shoulders]

is it possibly to debug the admin?

 

I want to dump out the smarty variables and see what the page is called?

 

this assumes the admin uses smarty.

 

I can get the debug and console to come up for the front page but not the admin.

 

 

Any help would be appreciated

[vekia]

what prestashop version you use ?everything depends on it.

[shoulders]

ps 1.5.4.1

[vekia]

okay, so in the template files (.tpl) you can use {debug} variable, then you will se popup with smarty debug console.

 

you can also use print_r($this->context->smarty) to see the same in php files

[shoulders]

you can also use print_r($this->context->smarty) to see the same in php files

 

not used the method above. i will try editing one of the admin template files and see where i get.

 

tar

[vekia]

remember that the $this->context object must be defined. otherwise it will not work

[shoulders]

The page in question is in the admin. when you go to customers and then edit the customer. i believe is is called customer view.

 

so the page i am looking at in the admin is:

 

admin/themes/default/template/controllers/customers/helpers/view.tpl

 

with i have tried in the tpl

• {$debug} {debug} {$smarty_debug} and these dont cause the console to pop up.
  
• {$smarty_debug} causes an error
  
• print_r($this->context->smarty) does nothing
  
• adding &SMARTY_DEBUG to the end of the url does nothing
  

However if i put {debug} in

 

/admin/themes/default/template/header.tpl

 

and have either of the following turned on in performance

• Open console with URL parameter (SMARTY_DEBUG)
  
• Always open console
  

the console pops up. It just seems you cant use the console method for sub .tpl files. Which is basically what i need to do. I want to read the variable that shows how much the customer has purchased in the past. I will also then use this method for looking at other things later.

 

no quite there yet

Edited August 9, 2013 by shoulders (see edit history)

[shoulders]

it looks like i will have to write a plugin for smarty because i probably need to execute php code and the recommended way is throught a plugin. i could also use the smartyBC.class to reallow {php} and {include_php} tags.

 

If i get it working i will post back here.

[shoulders]

i have cracked it. it all depends where you put the {debug} declaration for admin templates and if you are debugging a module in the front, the key is to put the 'Debug Console' setting to 'open console with URL parameter.

 

I will write this up properely as it will help people a lot. i could of done with it. lol