Quick Start

The following Quick Start page will help newcomers and (even) our veteran users familiarize themselves with this new version.

The Features covered in the Quick Start are:

Workbench

 

Creating a PHP Project

 

Creating a PHP File

 

PHP Debugging

 

Perspectives of Interest

 

Workbench

The Workbench is a window that displays Perspectives, Viewsand menu bars through which different operations can be performed.

See the Workbench topic in the Workbench User Guide for more on using and customizing the Workbench.

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Workspaces

Workspaces are the files system location where all your projects are created and stored.

You can use the default Workspace created by PDT or from the menu bar go to File | Switch Workspace | Other to select a different Workspace.

Creating a PHP Project

A project is a group of files and resources which are displayed in a tree in the PHP Explorer view.

 

 

Instructions on how to complete a procedure

To create a new PHP project:

Go to the Menu Bar and select File | New | PHP Project.

-Or- In the PHP Explorer View, right-click and select New | PHP Project.

See Creating PHP Projects for more information.

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Creating a PHP File

 

 

Instructions on how to complete a procedure

To create a new PHP file:

Go to the Menu Bar and select File | New | PHP File.

-Or- in PHP Explorer view, right-click the folder in which you want to create your file and select New | PHP File

-Or- click the New PHP File icon on the toolbar . This creates a file outside of a project.

See Creating PHP Files for more information.

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PHP Debugging

The Zend Debugger detects and diagnoses errors in PHP code situated on local or remote servers:

 

 

Instructions on how to complete a procedure

To debug a PHP script situated on your workspace:

  1. Set breakpoints at the relevant locations in your script by double-clicking the Marker Bar (located at the left of the editor area) at the relevant line. A blue ball appears to indicate that a breakpoint is set.

  2. From the main menu, select Run | Open Debug Dialog
    -Or- right-click the file in PHP Explorer view and select Debug As | Open Debug Dialog.

  3. To create a new configuration, double-click the 'PHP Script' category.

  1. Enter all relevant information and click Apply and Debug.

 

 

 

Instructions on how to complete a procedure

To debug a PHP Web page situated on a server:

  1. From the main menu, select Run | Open Debug Dialog -or- right-click the file in PHP Explorer view and select Debug As | Open Debug Dialog.

  2. To create a new configuration, double-click the 'PHP Web Page' category.

  3. Enter the required information and click Apply and Debug.

 

Debugging Preferences can be configured from the Debug Preferences page, which can be accessed from Window | Preferences | PHP | Debug.

See Debugging for more information.

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Perspectives of Interest

To open a perspective go to Window | Open Perspective, select "Other" to view a full list of perspectives.

See PHP Perspectives and Views for more information.

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Related Links

Related Links:

Using the Debugger