Console Logging History?

[Seb]

It would be nice to have an option that allows you to keep a history of FirePHP messages. Currently if you are navigating around a development site the console only shows FirePHP messages from that page and not any of the previous pages.

An example would be if I am testing a form and press submit, the form will be processed, data saved and then it will redirect the user back to a list of submitted data.
During the time from when the submit button is pressed to the time the user is redirected back to the list of submitted data any FirePHP messages will be sent to the bowser but because the form has redirected you back to the list of data those messages will not be displayed.

I have managed get a console log history by closing the Firebug window and then opening it again. Anything during the time the Firebug window is closed to the time you open it again will be recorded.

Perhaps this is a Firebug issue rather than a FirePHP issue?

[Christoph Dorn]

I am not sure what the Firebug developers have decided on this but I see a major issue with keeping history in general. Any inspection of the DOM and the associated overlay in the HTML to show you where the element is will no longer work.

This does not apply to FirePHP though as it does not interact with the DOM. However I cannot use the Firebug Console to keep the history as it gets cleared for every new page load. I would need to keep the history in a separate window.

I have thought about this and it will likely become a feature in the future, but at the moment there are no immediate plans.

There will be a new feature available with the next release that will allow you to temporarily disable server-side redirects from the client which will allow you to debug the page before the redirect. When it is working simply re-enable the redirect.