Backend Debugging: Because Your Code *Never* Lies

Are you tired of spending hours staring at your screen, convinced that your code is perfect, but the application just isn’t working as it should? Debugging the backend can feel like detective work, sometimes like magic, but mostly like a long journey through a maze. The good news is, your code truly does not lie. It executes exactly what you tell it to, every single time. The real challenge often comes from our own assumptions, the environment it runs in, or simply not fully understanding the path our data takes. Let’s make that maze a bit easier to navigate.

Your First Line of Defense: Logging and Dumping

• Log and dump in PHP with Laravel, such as:
• Log::info(‘Value of variable:’, [‘variable’ => $myVariable]));
• For development, dump with dd($someData); (Die and dump) to inspect data as it moves through a function or method.

Environment’s Tricky Business

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