Debugging Bright For WordPress

In development, we highly recommend adding the following to your wp-config.php

define('WP_DEBUG', true);
define('WP_DEBUG_LOG', true);
define('WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', true);

The location of your debugging log is dependent on your php.ini settings.

Bright includes its own debug functionality which includes some special functionality. You can use the setting for wp-config.php above to view bright debugging statements in the WordPress debug.log file [in wp-content].

bright_log()

Additionally, if you configure the following in wp-config.php:

 /* echo bright_log() statements into the response if brightdebug is part of the request URI */
 define('BRIGHT_DEBUG',true);

You can view bright_log() statements in the response page.

wp-config.php

define('WP_DEBUG', true);
define('WP_DEBUG_LOG', true);
define('WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false); /* keep nasty stack traces OFF the user's page */
define('BRIGHT_DEBUG', true);
define('BRIGHT_DEBUG_KEY','[YOURDEBUGKEY]'); /* for per page debugging */
ini_set( 'error_log', '[a-secure-directory]/bright.log' );

maybe:

ini_set( 'error_log', WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/debug.log' );

But make sure you secure this [see below].

Note starting in Bright Plugin Version 9.5, Bright Options as follows need to be set:

log_curl=true&logging=true

Some Bright versions pre-9.5 had logging disabled. If you set up your wp-config.php and get no logging, upgrade to a post 9.5+ version and use the Bright options as above.

Securing a log file in production

If you leave your log file under wp-content, note you should restrict access to it by placing an .htaccess file [apache] in this directory:

<Files "*.log">
Order Allow,Deny
Deny from all
</Files>

If BRIGHT_DEBUG=[YOURDEBUGKEY], you can add the following to your URL:

brightdebug=[THE CONFIGURED BRIGHT_DEBUG_KEY from wp-config.php]

Important - Don\'t transmit your debugging key over an insecure wire, like over HTTP or off an insecure network.

The BRIGHT_DEBUG_KEY is required to disable the casual use of this feature ... therefore we recommend it only be used over a secure [https/ssl] channel.

And view debugging right in the page.

Debugging Bright Embedder Templates