[WordPress Debug.log and useful var_dump snippet]Allows you to write the error.log right into the wp-content-folder. You can also use something like this to var_dump to your error log: - idWriteLog( $myVar, 'varName' ); - or - idWriteLog( myFunc(), 'funcName' ); - It is especially useful to var_dump ajax requests and will also show you on which …

wp-config.php

<?php
// Add the snippet below in the file wp-config.php right above: /* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */

define('WP_DEBUG', true );

if ( WP_DEBUG )
{

	define('SAVEQUERIES', true );

	define('SCRIPT_DEBUG', true );

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

	if ( ! function_exists( 'idWriteLog' ) )
	{

		function idWriteLog( $log, $name = false )
		{


			$separator1 = '';

			for ( $i = 0; $i <= 53; $i++ ){ $separator1 .= '#'; }

			ob_start();

			echo '---***--- Custom var_dump: ---***---' . "\r\n\r\n";

			echo '### Start' . $separator1 . "\r\n\r\n";

			if ( function_exists( 'current_filter' ) )
			{

				echo 'Current Filter: ' . current_filter();

				echo "\r\n\r\n";

			} // end if

			echo 'Output: ' . ( $name ? $name : '' );

			echo "\r\n\r\n";

			var_dump( $log );

			echo "\r\n";

			echo '### End  '. $separator1 . "\r\n\r\n";

			$result = ob_get_clean();

			error_log( $result );

		} // end idWriteLog
	} // end if
} // end if