Sayed Ahmed BSc. Eng. in Computer Engineering, BUET, Bangladesh MSc., Computer Science, U of Manitoba, Canada Software/Computer Engineer, Canada

 WAMP: The platform in windows   Netbeans IDE: use the PHP column   Xdebug included  Install the Wamp, run it  Configure and Start Apache  Install Netbeans, and run it

Project Name->right click->select properties

 Tools->options, then PHP, then debugging

 To enable xdebug debugging in Netbeans IDE php.ini needs some configuration [You will be able to debug PHP applications the way you do in Visual Studio, Turbo C/C++ IDE]  php.ini configuration Required  ;XDEBUG Extension zend_extension = “c:/wamp/bin/php/php5.4.12/zend_ext/php_xdebug vc9-x86_64.dll”  [xdebug] xdebug.remote_enable=true xdebug.remote_host= xdebug.remote_port=9000 xdebug.remote_handler=dbgp xdebug.profiler_enable=1 xdebug.profiler_output_dir = “c:/wamp/tmp”

 Configuration Required in Netbeans IDE:  1. Set the Project URI to the path under your web- server; as you can see the site in a browser; the path shown in the browser address bar. Right click the project, click properties, click run configuration, set the Project URI. Example:  2. Go to Tools->Options->PHP->debugging. see if the parameters are ok, if not fix them. Also, set the properties you want. You may check ‘Watches and Balloon evaluation’

 You can set the breakpoints in your project  You can select debug or debug file from menu or from right clicking on the project  Then you can use the Step Over, Step Into, Step Out from debug menu or shortcut keys [better] —  You can also check the values of the variables  You can also check the status of the stack and see all breakpoints listed; there is a window for that  I will add pictures or pdf slides with screen shots to make you understand it better.

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