NAME¶

phpdbg - The interactive PHP debugger

SYNOPSIS¶

phpdbg [options] [file] [args...]

DESCRIPTION¶

phpdbg is a lightweight, powerful, easy to use debugging platform for PHP.

OPTIONS¶

-c path|file

Look for php.ini file in the directory path or use the specified file

-d foo[=bar]

Define INI entry foo with value bar

-n

No php.ini file will be used

-z file

Load Zend extension file

-q

Do not print banner on startup

-v

Enable oplog output

-b

Disables use of color on the console

-i path|file

Override .phpgdbinit location (implies -I)

-I

Ignore .phpdbginit (default init file)

-r

Jump straight to run

-e

Generate extended information for debugger/profiler

-E

Enable step through eval()

-s delimiter

Read code to execute from stdin with an optional delimiter

-S sapi_name

Override SAPI name

-p opcode

Output opcodes and quit

-h

Print the help overview

-V

Version number

args...

Arguments passed to script. Use '--' args when first argument starts with '-' or script is read from stdin

NOTES¶

Passing -rr will cause phpdbg to quit after execution, rather than returning to the console

FILES¶

php.ini

The standard configuration file

.phpdbginit

The init file

SEE ALSO¶

The online manual can be found at

https://www.php.net/manual/book.phpdbg.php

BUGS¶

You can view the list of known bugs or report any new bug you found at

https://github.com/php/php-src/issues

AUTHORS¶

Written by Felipe Pena, Joe Watkins and Bob Weinand, formatted by Ondřej Surý for Debian project.

A List of active developers can be found at

https://www.php.net/credits.php

And last but not least PHP was developed with the help of a huge amount of contributors all around the world.

VERSION INFORMATION¶

This manpage describes phpdbg, for PHP version 8.4.0RC4.

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright © The PHP Group

This source file is subject to version 3.01 of the PHP license, that is bundled with this package in the file LICENSE, and is available through the world-wide-web at the following url:

https://www.php.net/license/3_01.txt

If you did not receive a copy of the PHP license and are unable to obtain it through the world-wide-web, please send a note to license@php.net so we can mail you a copy immediately.