Hello everyone

In couple of last weeks Im developing little app in php-gtk.
I had few very hard moments caused for example by php references (or
rather "lack of them" in object meaning) - in that concrete example I
know that references was my problem just after I was able to realtime
(step by step) debug my code - It was'nt easy.

I was searching Internet very long and I found just scrap of
informations but now I can finally realtime debug php-gtk code.

I will give a few instructions on how to start.

1. Download xdebug extension to php from www.xdebug.org
2. Follow instructions on http://xdebug.org/install.php to activate
xdebug extension
3. Follow instructions on http://xdebug.org/docs-debugger.php to
configure "remote debugging"
4. You have to download, install and configure DBGp debugger protocol
Client. I was searching tools for windows
platform and I found two (Im using komodo):
ActiveState Komodo - http://www.activestate.com/Products/Komodo/
Maguma Workbench - http://www.maguma.com/?article=wkb_benefits&id=2

You have to make sure that debugger client/server uses the same port -
default if 9000 - I was have to change this setting in Komodo

5. Now, if all goes right way and you are running Komodo or Maguma
with debugger in listening mode after you run your script it should
stop on the first line and you can run your script line by line.
When you go over to gtk::main() call you should "step into" that call
and you are inside of gtk main loop - you can set breakpoint on some
signal handler function, let the script go (debugger "play" button),
make some action in GUI that will emits handled singal and you are
again in Komodo or Maguma with script stopped - and again and
again.........

I hope that this little how-to will be helpful for anyone.

btw. On xdebug site there is a DBGp Protocol text client which
comunnicates in xml one way - you can try
debug your script with this tool - I tried :) and after few seconds i
was googling with "dbgp gui client" ;-)
  

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Pozdrawiam
£ukasz Wojciechowski

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