News

PHP DebugBar v3 is released

Published
PHP DebugBar v3 is released image

Barry vd. Heuvel just announced that PHP DebugBar v3 is now released and the Laravel Debugbar will follow soon.

New Php DebugBar features:

  • Modernize Javascript, removed jQuery
  • New Tabler icons with build script, replaces heavy FontAwesome with minimal SVG icons
  • Build scripts for prefixed dependencies and minimized assets
  • New AssetHandler to make to make it easier to dump assets into your own project
  • Improved contrast for Light mode
  • Option to render the debugbar on top instead of bottom
  • Render widget on open to reduce initial page load time
  • Improved TimelineData support to other collectors
  • Backtrace support for QueryCollector
  • Static analysis with phpstan/eslint, typehints everywhere
  • Added Symfony HttpFoundation Request collector (with bridge)
  • Improved performance and a lot more tweaks.

Breaking Changes to Know About

This is a major version for a reason. If you have custom collectors, widgets, or deep integration, expect adjustments:

Widgets and UI

  • jQuery is removed, and widgets are now Javascript classes. Custom widgets should be updated.
  • FontAwesome is removed, and replaced by SVG icons from Tabler, included in CSS. Only the icons used by the default widgets are included, so packages extending the debugbar should add their own icons.
  • Typehints are added to all widgets, so you might need to update your widgets.
  • Widgets are rendered when opening a tab, not when loading the page.

Changes to DataCollectors

  • TimeDataCollector is removed from the constructors, but a setTimeDataCollector method is added.
  • useHtmlVarDumper is removed. The HtmlDataFormatter is used by default. To use plain-text, the the default formatter to DataFormatter.
  • Remove obsolete methods
  • Removed get/setBindAjaxHandlerToJquery (Use bind to fetch/xhr instead)
  • Removed Assetic collection (use getAssets() directly if needed)
  • Removed RequireJS support
  • Removed captureVar and renderCapturedVar from DebugBarVarDumper
  • Breaking changes to methods/interfaces
  • Everything is typehinted, so you might need to update your code for custom collectors.
  • getAssets() removed the $type parameter and always returns all assets.
  • OpenHandler requires the op parameter to be always set.
  • The DataFormatterInterface has a 2nd 'deep' parameter to formatVar.
  • The StorageInterface has a new 'prune' method

View the complete release announcement on GitHub

Eric L. Barnes photo

Eric is the creator of Laravel News and has been covering Laravel since 2012.

Filed in

Sponsored

serpapi logo
SerpApi

The Web Search API for Your LLM and AI Applications

Visit SerpApi

The latest

View all →
Email Sending and Testing for Laravel in One Account image

Email Sending and Testing for Laravel in One Account

Read article
Decide with Jev: Tie Every AI Check to the Exact Draft image

Decide with Jev: Tie Every AI Check to the Exact Draft

Read article
PIE 1.5 Changes PHP Extension Installs in CI image

PIE 1.5 Changes PHP Extension Installs in CI

Read article
Delete Expired Sessions in Laravel With a Scheduled Command image

Delete Expired Sessions in Laravel With a Scheduled Command

Read article
Pollora: Run WordPress Inside a Laravel Application image

Pollora: Run WordPress Inside a Laravel Application

Read article
Scheduled Session Garbage Collection in Laravel 13.39 image

Scheduled Session Garbage Collection in Laravel 13.39

Read article