Re: PHP Debugger Recommendations

On Sunday 23 July 2006 00:07, you wrote: > These are all ones I've looked at, except for PHPEclipse. Is it not the > case that with PHPEclipse one needs to install the Eclipse framework and > then PHPEclipse as a plug in? Yes. You have to install eclipse platform, and then, PHPEclipse plugin. > > Just out of curiosity, what specific problems have you encountered by > > using a multilanguage debugger? > > "Problems" is perhaps too harsh a word. Sorry, I couldn't think of any other english word ;) > All I meant was that with > options for dealing with multiple languages, that adds a lot of unneeded > interface and feature options. I'm sure it's great if you actually debug > more than one language, and it can save you from switching applications. > But if you're dealing with strictly one language, then it's a little > bloated. I see. I'll have a look at it latter. Never really used it. > It's a little hard to describe, but lets say you want to debug a script > that has a submit form in it. Instead of hitting submit and having > Komodo pull in and use the $_POST variables, you have to start from the > page that receives the $_POST data, and then manually type in all the > input you expect a user to give you. There's a page that describes what > I mean in their online documentation, but I can't find it at the moment. That's odd. I'll look into it when I try it out. Thiago Silva