In 0.0.8, debug fails. `TypeError: console.group is not a function`

[dotZak]

With "phpcbf.debug": true in the project settings I get the following in the console under Output > Log (Window):

[2018-02-21 09:53:55.757] [renderer1] [error] console.group is not a function: TypeError: console.group is not a function
    at PHPCBF.getArgs (/Users/zk/.vscode/extensions/persoderlind.vscode-phpcbf-0.0.8/extension.js:73:21)
    at PHPCBF.format (/Users/zk/.vscode/extensions/persoderlind.vscode-phpcbf-0.0.8/extension.js:96:55)
    at Promise (/Users/zk/.vscode/extensions/persoderlind.vscode-phpcbf-0.0.8/extension.js:252:30)
    at Promise (<anonymous>)
    at Object.provideDocumentFormattingEdits (/Users/zk/.vscode/extensions/persoderlind.vscode-phpcbf-0.0.8/extension.js:244:28)
    at /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/node/extensionHostProcess.js:629:497
    at /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/node/extensionHostProcess.js:98:622
    at new n.Class.derive._oncancel (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/node/extensionHostProcess.js:75:657)
    at Object.t.asWinJsPromise (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/node/extensionHostProcess.js:98:585)
    at e.provideDocumentFormattingEdits (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/node/extensionHostProcess.js:629:451)

This prevents the document from being written while debugging to the console is enabled. Discovered this while trying to figure out a problem with formatting for WordPress standards.

VS Code 1.20.1 (2018-02-13)
vscode-phpcbf 0.0.8

[soderlind]

Thanks, I'll remove the call to console.group

btw, what OS etc are you on ?

[dotZak]

macOS High Sierra (10.13.3)

[badah]

Same error here. I'm on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful).

[dorian-marchal]

Same problem on Ubuntu 16.04

[garrettw]

I see this issue still exists. I'm having it on macOS High Sierra (10.13.5) as well.

(Incidentally, I had to turn on debugging because phpcbf wouldn't fix my file at all.)

Could we get a fix for this @soderlind ?

[jonty-comp]

Just tried to set up this extension on High Sierra and encountered the same issue.

[xma81]

Same here on Ubuntu 18.04

[github-actions]

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The TypeError: console.group is not a function error occurs because older VS Code extension hosts did not expose console.group/console.groupEnd in the extension sandbox.

There is an open PR that addresses this directly: PR #50 replaces all console.group, console.log, and console.timeEnd calls with a proper VS Code Output Channel (visible under View → Output → phpcbf). This is the correct long-term fix — it gives you structured, always-visible debug output regardless of the VS Code version.

In the meantime, you can work around the crash by leaving "phpcbf.debug": false (the default).

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