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CakePHP Development

Debugging CakePHP

Every program has bugs in it, waiting to be found and fixed. PHP Debugger helps doing just that and naturally we would like to be able to debug CakePHP applications as well. Whether you are running Apache and PHP installed by TechPlatform or by any other package, on Linux, Windows or other platform, you can certainly debug CakePHP with PhpED and dbg-PHP Debugger.

How to configure PHP Debugger for CakePHP

To debug any PHP application with PhpED (or actually any other PHP IDE) you need two things:
  • PHP Debugger module installed with your PHP and loaded in php.ini
  • Correct Project settings
Please note, that if your project is setup the way we assumed in the beginning of this tutorial, you already have the mapping needed for the debugging in place and all you need to do is to install dbg module.
In any case you can get both of them with the help of dbg-wizard script. When you run dbg-wizard it will give you the instructions to follow to install dbg module and project settings. TechPlatform comes with dbg module already installed, but it has the free version of dbg debugger and you need to replace it with commercial version available under your PhpED installation directory.
  • Window's modules of commercial PHP debugger are located in:
    C:\Program Files\nusphere\phped\debugger\server\Windows - assuming that you installed PhpED in the default location.
  • TechPlatform pre-installed dbg modules can be found at:
    C:\Program Files\nusphere\TechPlat\apache\php\ext - you can copy commercial dbg from the location above to this directory
  • FYI, TechPlatform php.ini file is at C:\Program Files\nusphere\TechPlat\apache\bin, but you won't need to edit it.
  • The full matrix of dbg modules built for various platforms is available here: http://www.nusphere.com/products/debugging_php.htm and
  • You can always learn more about PHP Debugger configuration settings in our FAQ
Should you have any trouble getting PHP Debugger to work - please don't hesitate to Contact Us

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