On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 12:33 AM, Ethan Rosenberg <eth...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Dear List - > > Is there any IDE which will let me step thru my code AND give the > opportunity to enter data; eg, when a form should be displayed allow me to > enter data into the form and then proceed? I realize the forms are either > HTML and/or Javascript, but there must be a work-around. I is exceedingly > tedious to use echo print var_dump print_r. > > Thanks. > > Ethan > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >
Hi, Ethan The only thing I can come up with, that would really help you, since you're just working with var_dump and print_r, is a php-debugger. The common debugger for php are Zend Debugger and xdebug. Nearly every IDE can be connected to them and if you set it up correctly you can browse through your side (using your favourite browser) and activate the debugger just by setting a cookie. For several browsers there are plugins that set the cookie by clicking an icon. I'm talking about "nearly every IDE" because I saw a screenshot of someone debugging a php-script using xdebug and vi :) Just the first two links I found on google ... * http://xdebug.org/docs/install * http://www.thierryb.net/pdtwiki/index.php?title=Using_PDT_:_Installation_:_Installing_the_Zend_Debugger Is that what you need? I'm personally using PhpStorm and a VM with Debian, PHP 5.3 and xdebug to debug my scripts and am perfectly fine with that. I can send you my whole xdebug-config if you want :) The stuff with javascript sounds like something automated to me ... But I don't think you're talking about auto-form-fill and stuff like that, are you? Bye Simon -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
