Welcome to Bugfoo.com

Bugfoo is a commercial php debugging and script analysis utility that is in active development and currently in alpha testing. It has more than 45 tools for accomplishing different tasks, all accessible in a very easy-to-use GUI, including numerous features you won't find in other debuggers including:

a variety of powerful search tools for quick location of functionalities or problems your PHP code
history functions for "recording" script output, especially page requests which happen in the "background" (i.e., Ajax), or PHP for page elements such as images, frames, javascript, and stylesheets
benchmarking tools useful for point-to-point benchmark comparisons
database tools for quickly locating queries. Also tools with featured databases for locating inefficient queries and optimization features with GPL db admin scripts like Phpmyadmin to quickly see query results (only featured database at the moment is MySQL – Postgres coming soon, we hope to support SqLite and other databases like Oracle and MSSQL later as well).

Read our what it is page for more detailed information on Bugfoo's features.

Current disadvantages/annoyances of Bugfoo as a debugger

Scripts to be debugged / analyzed must be installed in a special scripts directory.
Hopefully in the next version this will no longer be necessary.
Bugfoo does not do stepping, and probably never will. For developers who wish to do stepping in debugging it is possible to use Bugfoo in combination with other debuggers. Bugfoo is an altogether different type of utility; advanced PHP developers will want to use both a classical PHP debugger which features stepping for point-work involving complicated interaction of variables, and use Bugfoo for other types of script analysis and debugging.

Alphatest Bugfoo or subscribe to Bugfoo.com

If you are interested in alphatesting Bugfoo, and will be able to provide us with information on what you liked and didn't like about it, and provide us with some constructive criticism, please contact us, providing a bit of information about yourself and your experience/projects you have worked on, and we'll write you back indicating whether you have been accpted into our alphatesting program, and if you have, further instructions for registering on the downloads site as an alphatester so you can download a free copy of Bugfoo. Alphatesters who remain in the alphatesting program will be able to download free versions of Bugfoo as long as they are in the alphatesting program.

If you won't be able to alphatest Bugfoo, you can subscribe to Bugfoo.com for a very low price, and for two years you will have access to all of the "full" versions of Bugfoo (and initially, also the alpha and beta versions) for a very low price, significantly less than the price of the "full" version once it is out. Then you don't need to feel obliged to comment on how Bugfoo works for you – you can just plain use it. If you are interested in a subscription to Bugfoo.com, please contact us.

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	home what it is about & FAQ docs support releases what it is about Bugfoo and frequently asked questions documentation support releases Welcome to Bugfoo.com Bugfoo is a commercial php debugging and script analysis utility that is in active development and currently in alpha testing. It has more than 45 tools for accomplishing different tasks, all accessible in a very easy-to-use GUI, including numerous features you won't find in other debuggers including: a variety of powerful search tools for quick location of functionalities or problems your PHP code history functions for "recording" script output, especially page requests which happen in the "background" (i.e., Ajax), or PHP for page elements such as images, frames, javascript, and stylesheets benchmarking tools useful for point-to-point benchmark comparisons database tools for quickly locating queries. Also tools with featured databases for locating inefficient queries and optimization features with GPL db admin scripts like Phpmyadmin to quickly see query results (only featured database at the moment is MySQL – Postgres coming soon, we hope to support SqLite and other databases like Oracle and MSSQL later as well). Read our what it is page for more detailed information on Bugfoo's features. Current disadvantages/annoyances of Bugfoo as a debugger Scripts to be debugged / analyzed must be installed in a special scripts directory. Hopefully in the next version this will no longer be necessary. Bugfoo does not do stepping, and probably never will. For developers who wish to do stepping in debugging it is possible to use Bugfoo in combination with other debuggers. Bugfoo is an altogether different type of utility; advanced PHP developers will want to use both a classical PHP debugger which features stepping for point-work involving complicated interaction of variables, and use Bugfoo for other types of script analysis and debugging. Alphatest Bugfoo or subscribe to Bugfoo.com If you are interested in alphatesting Bugfoo, and will be able to provide us with information on what you liked and didn't like about it, and provide us with some constructive criticism, please contact us, providing a bit of information about yourself and your experience/projects you have worked on, and we'll write you back indicating whether you have been accpted into our alphatesting program, and if you have, further instructions for registering on the downloads site as an alphatester so you can download a free copy of Bugfoo. Alphatesters who remain in the alphatesting program will be able to download free versions of Bugfoo as long as they are in the alphatesting program. If you won't be able to alphatest Bugfoo, you can subscribe to Bugfoo.com for a very low price, and for two years you will have access to all of the "full" versions of Bugfoo (and initially, also the alpha and beta versions) for a very low price, significantly less than the price of the "full" version once it is out. Then you don't need to feel obliged to comment on how Bugfoo works for you – you can just plain use it. If you are interested in a subscription to Bugfoo.com, please contact us. photo credit: USDA ARS

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