how to use zend studio server to debug

[xenlab]

I primarily use Dreamweaver as my main editor. And debug my server-side code using mostly manual techniques (echo'ing variables and the like).

I recently downloaded an evaluation of Zend Studio Server and am looking to take advantage of it's remote debugging capabilities. However, since deugging with an IDE is a mostly foriegn paradigm, I was wondering of how I should get started. I can connect to the Debug server, so everything is up and running just fine, and I was able to launch the login.php page of my app thru it. However, it didn't stop at my breakpoint, and when I dropped a variable in to the watch window, it's value never changed.

As you might know, the documentation for this tool leaves something to be desired, and while I've got a basic understanding of the terminology, I don't know how to put it into practice. What I want to do is be able to see variable values change in real time in the IDE, and be able to work with blocks of code in the debugging state while I test it out bug fixes and the like.

I'm sure it's pretty simple to use once you know how, but as I said, this is a new paradigm for me, and I'm not sure how to get started in it.

Any help you can provide, including links to tutorials and the like would be awesome. I've been developing PHP/ASP/CFML apps since '96, so you can get as detailed or technical as you'd like, as long as you remain concise.

Thanks in Advance.

[hq4ever]

Not even one reply ?

I'm having exactly the same issues as the original poster,
Could some one maybe give me us a hint as to how we should use this server ?

Thank you,
Maxim.

[bpat1434]

Really? I'd say ask Zend. Email them asking how to use it. I don't think anyone except them would be able to be clearer in an explanation.... Them not documenting that feature is what made me drop it. Now I use WeBuilder 2005 (http://www.blumentals.net) to code.

~Brett

[jayant]

I think you need to use Zend Studio to be able to debug with Zend Studio Server, not sure though.

[thread_PHP]

zendstudio is very good am using 5.0.2 beta is too good for coding

[SimplyBea]

But - how/what do you use it for? I went to the site too but don't really understand what it is about nor what it is for..........

I am NEW to all this, so the point might just have gone waaaay over my head???

Is it an alternative to apache?

:(
Bea

[SumitGupta]

Hi,

I am not sure how "new" you are. but let me try to let you know what Zend Studio is.

Zend Studio is definiately not an alternative for Apache or IIS. Zend studio is a Text Editor for PHP, with some extra features such as Debugging. i.e. you can debug your code running on Apache or IIS webserver in realtime.

If you have ever use and heard of Microsoft visual studio, its just a same software for PHP programming language.

[SimplyBea]

:(

Aha - well, THAT's how new I am to PHP.......... still at reading and fact finding stage.......

Thanks for that though.

I just downloaded PHP Designer 2006 last night and was trying to work out how to use it........ could not find the help files and am just "stuck" there at the moment..... I thought they would d/l all together.......... but maybe I am not looking at the right place/files - the icons and file extensions all look different to me.......

:(

cheers
Bea

[gunman2005]

ok mate how i can get Zend Studio
thanks to every one.

[bpat1434]

www.zend.com

[gunman2005]

Thanks Mate