how to debug php

1phpinfo();

1ini_set('display_errors', 'On');
2error_reporting(E_ALL);

1// ------ string -------
2// use echo, exit for output
3$a = 123
4echo ($a);
5exit;
6
7
8// ------ array -------
9$array = array(
10	1 => 'apple',
11  	2 => 'banana',
12)
13
14// Method 1
15echo "<pre>";
16print_r($array);
17echo "</pre>";
18
19// Method 2 
20echo "<pre>";
21var_dump($array);
22echo "</pre>";
23
24// Method 3 (no need exit) beacause of dd is already exit
25dd($array)
26  
27// Method 4 (cakephp)
28pr ($array);
29
30
31// ------ json -------
32$json = {"a":"123"}
33
34pr (json_encode($json));
35exit;
36
37print_r (json_encode($json));
38exit;