How to debug save_post actions in WordPress?
The best approach for me has been to use a function to log the values to wp-content/debug.log, lifted from http://fuelyourcoding.com/simple-debugging-with-wordpress:
if(!function_exists('log_it')){ function log_it( $message ) { if( WP_DEBUG === true ){ if( is_array( $message ) || is_object( $message ) ){ error_log( print_r( $message, true ) ); } else { error_log( $message ); } } }}
Then use the function like this in your save_post hook:
log_it($_POST);log_it('The value for ' . $custom_field . ' is ' . $_POST[$custom_field]);
Make sure that wp-content/debug.log is writable, and that you have debugging enabled in wp-config.php:
@ini_set('display_errors',0);define( 'WP_DEBUG', true ); // Turn debugging ONdefine( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false ); // Turn forced display OFFdefine( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true ); // Turn logging to wp-content/debug.log ONdefine( 'WP_POST_REVISIONS', false); // Disables revision functionality
Method 1:
if (isset($_POST)) die(print_r($_POST)); //answer by Tumas
Method 2:
create log file (my_logs.txt) in a folder, where you use this code:
add_action('save_post', 'something_process',11,11);function something_process() { print_r($_POST); $tmp = fopen(dirname(__file__).'/my_logs.txt', "a+"); fwrite($tmp,"\r\n\r\n".ob_get_contents());fclose($tmp);}