PHP parser for cachegrind files?

Question

Is there such a thing?

I'm on windows and using the WinCacheGrind app and it doesn't seem to work with large files (~2 MB). I get errors like "cannot find call target".

Do you know any parser for such files written in PHP that can help me build my own cachegrind analyzer?

Answer 1

i am not sure if that is possible in PHP, but can try http://sourceforge.net/projects/precompiledbin/, if you just want to read cachegrind files, KCacheGrind actually works on linux but someone has ported it to run on windows

Reference: Windows Callgrind results browser, alternative to KCacheGrind

Answer 2

For a little while now, I've been using webGrind.

http://code.google.com/p/webgrind/

It's fantastic for debugging a server where you don't have easy/fast access to the files, as it is all read/interpreted remotely, then viewed online.

The platform independence has been great for me, as I develop on 3 computers and a laptop. As long as I can view a webpage where I'm working, I can debug my output. No need to install the same application across 4 separate computers, and eliminates the need to constantly transfer giant debugging files between said computers.

Nowadays I see it as a web application as necessary as something like phpMyAdmin.

I really hope this helps someone else trying to tackle a similar usage scenario.

EDIT: If you want to see it in action, WAMP comes with it (Mostly) preconfigured. [http://wamp.sourceforge.net/]

Answer 3

In my experience, QCacheGrind (Windows-version of KCacheGrind) is much faster than WebGrind and very stable: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qcachegrindwin/