The document is a guide for debugging with Zend Studio for Eclipse, presented by Peter B. Macintyre, a senior solutions consultant. It covers installation options, the debugging perspective, session preparation, and preferences, along with tools like the Zend browser toolbar and profiling techniques. The presentation emphasizes practical debugging steps and offers insights into the capabilities of Zend Studio.

1. Debugging with
Zend Studio for Eclipse
Hosted by:
Peter B. MacIntyre, ZCE
Senior Solutions Consultant,
Center of Excellence
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4. About Me
Over 20 years in the IT Industry
Wrote “PHP: The Good Parts” - O’Reilly Press
Co-authored:
• “Programming PHP 2nd Ed.” - O’Reilly Press
• “Zend Studio for Eclipse Developer’s Guide” – Addison-Wesley
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5. Zend Studio Overview
• Installation Options
– Browser Toolbar
• Integration with Zend Server (CE)
• Views
• Perspectives
• The Debugging Perspective
– Debug as… PHP Script
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6. Debugging Perspective
• Multiple Views available
– Debug (start / stop / restart)
– Code editor
– Breakpoints
– Variables
– Expressions (watches)
– Browser Output (rendered HTML)
– Debug Output (raw HTML)
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7. Moving through the code
• F5 – Step Into
• F6 – Step Over
• F7 - Step Return
• F8 – Run (to next breakpoint or to end of script)
• Ctrl + F2 – Terminate Debug Session
• Ctrl + R – Run to Line (cursor)
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8. Preparing the Session
• Setting Breakpoints
– Double-click on line of code in the Marker Bar
– Little blue dot appears indicating a breakpoint
– Line number reference appears in the breakpoint view
– Can be turned off / on in the breakpoint view
• Conditional Breakpoints
– Can be set to trigger when a certain condition becomes true
– Iteration # 7 of a for-next loop for example
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9. Looking at Debug Preferences
• General Debug options
– Preferences -> Run/Debug
• Launching
• Perspective switching
• PHP Debug options
– Preferences -> PHP -> Debug
• Debugger to use
• Server to use – Zend Server CE in our case
• Break at first line
• Debug broadcast port: 20080
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10. Debugging Demo File
• Walk through a debug session
– Look at the views
– Set a watch value
– Change a Variable value on the fly
– Change code, save, and re-start debug session in the debug view
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11. Zend Browser Toolbar
• Looking at the Firefox version
– Not ready for Version 5 of Firefox yet
– Will recognize that Studio is running or try to launch it
– Extra Stuff -> Settings
• Lots of options here
• Path to Studio exe
• Break at first line
• Zend Debugger broadcast port: 20080
– Debug Menu Options
• Current Page
• Next Page
• All forms
• All Pages
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12. Zend Browser Toolbar Contd..
– Debug (launches debugger from the browser)
– Search tool for on-line information
– Profile – discussed next
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13. Profiling
• A way to check on code efficiencies
– Bottlenecks, time wasting code
• Can be launched from browser or from within Studio
• Has its own Perspective
• Look at Profile results for demo code
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14. Thank you for your
Time and Attention!
For more information visit http://php.osscube.com
Or drop-in an email to sales@osscube.com
my Contact: peter@osscube.com
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