Debugging CI with Eclipse pdt

[eluser]noCodeMonkeys[/eluser]
I have just setup eclipse/ptd/xdebug (Galileo). I have gotten the debugger to work. However I am at a loss as to how to debug the CI projects. I am not sure what file to work with. When I try to debug the view or controller files they run and show up in pdt, but it ignores breakpoints and doesn't really debug.

I have two projects setup in pdt, one points to systems and one to applications. I moved the applications folder up one directory and modified the path in index.php. This is the setup suggested by Stefano in a thread started 1-17-2008 entitled CI plugin for eclipse.

Can anyone offer direction in this regard? I have spen waaaaaay too much time on this so if anyone can offer any help I will be very grateful.

[eluser]Colin Williams[/eluser]
Your entry point to CI is the front controller, which is the index.php file that CI ships with.

[eluser]noCodeMonkeys[/eluser]
Thanks for your reply. If I open index.php in the debugger, how does that get me to the pages I actually need to debug?

[eluser]Colin Williams[/eluser]
You might need to trick CI into knowing where to go.

In index.php, try something like

Code:

$_SERVER['PATH_INFO'] = 'path/i/want/to/debug';

[eluser]noCodeMonkeys[/eluser]
Thanks. That makes sense. I'll it and post the result.

[eluser]Sinclair[/eluser]
[quote author="noCodeMonkeys" date="1263799378"]I have just setup eclipse/ptd/xdebug (Galileo). I have gotten the debugger to work. However I am at a loss as to how to debug the CI projects. I am not sure what file to work with. When I try to debug the view or controller files they run and show up in pdt, but it ignores breakpoints and doesn't really debug.

I have two projects setup in pdt, one points to systems and one to applications. I moved the applications folder up one directory and modified the path in index.php. This is the setup suggested by Stefano in a thread started 1-17-2008 entitled CI plugin for eclipse.

Can anyone offer direction in this regard? I have spen waaaaaay too much time on this so if anyone can offer any help I will be very grateful.[/quote]

Hi,

I need to setup a Debug environment for codeigniter. Do you have information on how to configure eclipse/ptd/xdebug (Galileo)?

Best Regards,

[eluser]gorfdo[/eluser]
Here is how I got xdebug to work with CI -- I am using xampp as local server;
Assuming you have debugging working

in config.php
set $config['uri_protocol;] = "AUTO"
$config['enable_query_strings'] = TRUE;

in /library/uri.php
in function _fetch_uri_string()
below "if (strtoupper($this->config->item('uri_protocol')) == 'AUTO')
{"
add " if(preg_match("/debug/i",$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])){
$_GET = array('');
$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] = '';
}"
(make sure to add after opening { of if statemnt)

now go to the debug perspective click on the debug dropdown and go to debug configurations
click on "php webpage" and select new at the top
enter a name
select xdebug
add a new php server -- give it a name, and enter the url http://xampp_program_path
browser to the file -- index.php
break at first line
do not autogenerate the url, enter the url of the page you want to debug
the system should have url:and the url you entered for the php server, then you add the part of the url after.

click debug and you sould break at the first line.

[eluser]noCodeMonkeys[/eluser]
For those who need to confgure Eclipse pdt with Xdebug. I am running VIsta64bit on iis7 test server.
This is the most complete and accurate description of how to that I have seen. You have to register with IBM to get the info but IMHO it's well worth it.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/os...debug.html