trace

I would like to see a log of THE WHOLE code execution of PHP script(s). Something like this: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ruby_Programming/Standard_Library/Tracer (for lack of better example; no flame please). Is there some way how to obtain the log in PHP? Note: I know I can use a debugger but that's not the same. Xdebug is definitely what you want, but with something like callgrind from the valgrind suite as well. Zend blog post here should give you some pointers: http://devzone.zend.com/1139/profiling-php-applications-with-xdebug/ phptrace is an awesome tool to trace php code executions In

I'm using TextWriterTraceListener to log diagnostics messages to a text file. However I wan't also to log a timestamp of every trace message added. Is it possible to define a kind of formatter for the listener that would automatically add timestamps? Currently I'm adding timestamps manually on every Trace.WriteLine() call but this isn't very comfortable. Jon Skeet I suggest you use Log4Net instead, which has a lot more customizability. Alternatively you could write your own TraceListener implementation which put the timestamps on for you. You may even be able just derive from

I have an existing project where I would like to find out all calls being made and maybe dump into a log file. I had a look at this thread , but didnt help much. I tried PostSharp, and the example shows how to achieve it. But I need to add an attribute to every darn method. Being an existing project, with in-numerous methods that is not a feasible option. Is there any other means by which I can quickly trace all calls made? You can do this with Unity Interception See this article for a sample . The article uses attributes, but my code sample below use the dependency injection system (coding to

I am wondering about what the difference between logging and tracing is. Is the difference basically that tracing is more detailed log giving developers a tool to debug applications at runtime? I have been experimenting with log4net and doing logging. Now I am wondering if I should be doing tracing as well and if I could/should use log4net for that purpose. Should I be doing tracing with log4net and is there some trace level for log4net loggers? Should I use a different log level for debug and trace purposes or is it ok to use the same? Can you give a simple example on how I would do logging

When creating a tracepoint in Visual Studio (right-click the breakpoint and choose "When Hit..."), the dialog has this text, emphasis mine: You can include the value of a variable or other expression in the message by placing it in curly braces... What expressions are allowed? Microsoft's documentation is rather sparse on the exact details of what is and is not allowed. Most of the below was found by trial and error in the Immediate window. Note that this list is for C++, as that's what I code in. I believe in C#, some of the prohibited items below are actually allowed. Most basic expressions

As I interact with my AJAX based application at RUNTIME I'd like the console to spit out all the functions it's calling. (so no stack trace, or breakpoints, or profiling or anything) So for example, let's say I pressed a button on the page. I'd like for it to return all the functions it went through when that happened: So I'd see in the console something like (when I pressed a button): 1. button1Clicked(); 2. calculating(); 3. printingResults(); Which basically means that button1Clicked() called calculating() which called printingResults() Is there a utility, or plugin, browser, or maybe some