WordPress log

The log in WordPress is activated in wp-config.php, change:

    define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
    define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true );

Now you can check the log in wp-content/debug.log

For printing to the log you can use the WordPress function error_log($string_or_number), but with Backend Frontend Template you can use: $this->debug_log_write($whatever)

$this->debug_log_write() it's a better option because it shows:

'NULL' if its a NULL variable
'TRUE' and 'FALSE' if it's a boolean
print_r() if it's an array or object
Now you can print in the log whatever variable you want

Also BFT offers an alternative name for debug_log_write: $this->write_log()