[UPHPU] IDE/debug options for PHP

[Brandon Stout]

Larry Hedrick wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I am new to UPHPU.
>
> I have started working on a LAMP based content management system called
> DRUPAL with an optional contact manager module called civicrm.
>
> I am using various tools to work with the MYSQL side of this system
> (phpmyadmin, mysql command line etc).  I also need to debug the code from
> time to time starting at the entry point of index.php going forward.  Printf
> and echo are just a bit to primitive.  Most of the time I use ssh to access
> the code in public_html while I watch what shows up at the browser.
>
> I was wonder what people could recommend for a source level debugger and if
> it will work with a browser or in a bash shell.  The server is UBUNTU.  LAMP
> server install only I don't have a gui environment on this server.
>
> Have been coding for years but I am somewhat new to PHP.  I can read the
> code fine just don't know how to debug it like using a source level tool for
> "C" code.
>
> Larry
>   
I've never tried this personally, but there's a PHP debugger listed in
the official manual:

  http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.apd.php

It may be a useful tool, but it requires that you install PHP as CGI
(anyone know why?).

Brandon Stout
http://mscis.org