How to print a php variable to the browser's console?

Question

So within administrator function.

echo("<script>console.log('PHP: " . $data . "');</script>");

It seems it doesn't insert the js script on the page. This works from a simple PHP file, but not from Joomla. Any ideas?

Answer 1

You can use Joomla's Web Asset Manager to insert inline scripts via PHP, like so:

use Joomla\CMS\Factory;

$wa = Factory::getApplication()->getDocument()->getWebAssetManager();
$wa->addInlineScript('console.log("PHP: ' . $data . '")');