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Print PHP Call Stack

I'm looking for a way to print the call stack in PHP.

Bonus points if the function flushes the IO buffer.

Solution

  • If you want to generate a backtrace, you are looking for debug_backtrace and/or debug_print_backtrace.


    The first one will, for instance, get you an array like this one (quoting the manual) :

    array(2) {
[0]=>
array(4) {
    ["file"] => string(10) "/tmp/a.php"
    ["line"] => int(10)
    ["function"] => string(6) "a_test"
    ["args"]=>
    array(1) {
      [0] => &string(6) "friend"
    }
}
[1]=>
array(4) {
    ["file"] => string(10) "/tmp/b.php"
    ["line"] => int(2)
    ["args"] =>
    array(1) {
      [0] => string(10) "/tmp/a.php"
    }
    ["function"] => string(12) "include_once"
  }
}


    They will apparently not flush the I/O buffer, but you can do that yourself, with flush and/or ob_flush.

    (see the manual page of the first one to find out why the "and/or" ;-) )