Optimization and Debugging techniques and skills of PHP programmers (1)

Introduction

Many PHP debugging technologies can save a lot of time in coding. An effective but Basic Debugging Technique is to open an error report. Another slightly more advanced technique involves the use of print statements to help precisely identify more difficult bugs by actually appearing on the screen. PHPEclipse is an Eclipse plug-in that can emphasize common syntax errors and can be used with the debugger to set breakpoints.

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To learn the concepts described in this article, PHP, Web server, and Eclipse are required. The PHP version supported by the debugger extension is V5.0.3.

We need a Web server to parse the pages created with PHP and display them to the browser. Apache2 is used in this article. However, any Web server can meet the requirements.

To use some Debugging techniques described in this article, you need to install Eclipse V3.1.1 and PHPEclipse V1.1.8. Because Eclipse requires Java? Technology, so you need to download it.

You also need the PHP debugger extension module. Installing it is a little troublesome. Follow the instructions for installing the debugger extension carefully. Now, comment out the lines that require loading and configuring php extensions in the PHP. ini file. Cancel the comment when you need to use the debugger.

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