The latest articles on DEV Community by Abdul Bari Buriro (@burirodev). https://dev.to/burirodev https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4084277%2Fc491a1ea-314a-4d5f-8195-a486549db235.jpeg https://dev.to/burirodev en Abdul Bari Buriro Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:06:56 +0000 https://dev.to/burirodev/hey-everyone-im-abdul-bari-a-backend-developer-from-pakistan-im-excited-to-be-here-1io7 https://dev.to/burirodev/hey-everyone-im-abdul-bari-a-backend-developer-from-pakistan-im-excited-to-be-here-1io7 backend community developers discuss Abdul Bari Buriro Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:03:21 +0000 https://dev.to/burirodev/how-die-help-you-in-debugging-php-2pb4 https://dev.to/burirodev/how-die-help-you-in-debugging-php-2pb4 <h1> HOW die() HELPED ME IN DEBUGGING </h1> <p>As a beginner PHP developer I used to struggle a lot in debugging specially when projects are large and with legacy code, then one of my senior advised to use die(), at first I was surprised as we use die() for stopping script completely not something that comes under debugging rule, as per my knowledge.</p> <p>BUT....</p> <p>It turned out to be life saving, it lets you know exactly where you are on the code, and what values you want to check (EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN BACKEND) even you can die the query in the die() (example: die("SELECT * FROM USERS WHERE id = $id")). I got better at it; however this should be not used in live code to avoid any server related issues.</p> <p>That’s all for now. </p> <p>Signing off....</p> <ul> <li>Buriro</li> </ul> php debugging learning errors