RE: [PHP] What is The best way/tool for debuging PHP?

-----Original Message----- From: LEOPARD Corporation [mailto:leopardonline.com@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2012 12:02 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] What is The best way/tool for debuging PHP? Thanks for your reply. Dev-PHP is an IDE, and I don't need such tool because I'm using Eclipse, and I'm very comfortable with. what I really want to know is: what is the best "pure" debugging tool which its function is to debug PHP scripts and applications only. Thanks in advance! On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 6:03 PM, saeed ahmed <mycomputerbooks@gmail.com>wrote: > Dev-php > from > http://devphp.sourceforge.net/ > > 2012/5/26, LEOPARD Corporation <leopardonline.com@gmail.com>: > > Hello, > > > > I'm new to this list, and this is the first time ever I send a > > message to you. > > > > I'm learning PHP since a couple of months, and I really wanna be a > > good > PHP > > programer, and I know that I should work hard for that. > > > > Now, I just wanted to know what is the best way or tool for debuging PHP. > > > > I have googled for this many many times, and found a lot of these > > stuff, but I didn't figure out which one is really the best. > > > > in fact, I don't care whether it's an easy way or hard way, all what > > I > want > > is to know what is the best and preferred way or tool. > > > > Wish you all the best! > > > Yes many IDE's are used when debugging php because they can simulate the environment needed for php. Not to promote them but VSPHP is an amazing product, as a standalone or integrated into Visual Studio 2010. I have enjoyed using this product for the last couple years. I am a HUGE Visual Studio advocate, when VSPHP came along I exclusively use VS and notepad to develop applications in. Is this the BEST product? No clue!! BUT: I can develop and Debug in different versions of PHP. I can integrate with any database, and I will (Toot the horn about) the ability to use global variables instant insert. Saves me time, headaches and I can search an entire project for every instance of variable and no need to open each page. I like the color markup and the debug options of stepping trough a segment of code for a real time analysis. To me it is the BEST tool on the market. I am a .NET PHP developer who switched over from 15+ years of Linux/Unix systems. Rick