PhpStorm 6.0.1 Web Help

Use this dialog box to configure running and debugging of separate HTTP Requests. This is helpful when you are actually interested in a specific page that is accessed in a number of steps, but for this or that reason you cannot specify this page as the start page for debugging, for example, because you need to "come" to this page with certain data.

The dialog box consists of the following areas:

Click here for the description of the options that are common for all run/debug configurations.

Configuration

ItemDescription
Server From this drop-down list, select the server access configuration to interact with the Web server where the application is executed.
URL In this text box, specify the host element of the request in question. Type element relative to the host specified in the debug server configuration. As you type, PhpStorm composes the URL address on-the-fly and displays it below the text box.
Request method From this drop-down list, choose the relevant request type. The available options are:
  • POST
  • GET
Query String In this text box, type the query string of the request, this string will be appended to the request after the ? symbol.
Request Body In this text box, type the data to be sent to the server through the POST request.

Note

The text box is available only for request methods of the type POST.

Toolbar

ItemKeyboard shortcutDescription
add Alt+InsertAlt+Insert Click this button to add new configuration to the list.
delete DeleteDelete Click this button to remove the selected configuration from the list.
copy Ctrl+DCtrl+D Click this button to create a copy of the selected configuration.
settings Edit DefaultsClick this button to edit the default configuration templates. The defaults are used for the newly created configurations.
add add UpUp
DownDown 		Use these buttons to move the selected configuration up and down in the list. The order of configurations in the list defines the order, in which configurations appear in the Run/Debug drop-down list on the main toolbar.

Common options

ItemDescription
Defaults This node in the left-hand pane of the dialog box contains the default run/debug configuration settings. Select the desired configuration to change its default settings in the right-hand pane. The defaults are applied to all newly created run/debug configurations.
Temporary configurations limitSpecify here the maximum number of temporary configurations to be stored and shown in the Select Run/Debug Configuration drop-down list.
Before launchIn this area, specify the actions to be performed prior to executing the current run/debug configuration.
ItemKeyboard shortcutDescription
addAlt+InsertAlt+Insert Click this button to add one of the tasks to be executed prior to launching the application. The possible tasks are:
  • Run External tool: Add this task to have PhpStorm launch the specified third-party tool prior to running or debugging. To appoint a tool to launch, select it in the External Tools dialog box that opens.
  • Run Phing target: Add this task to execute the specified Phing target prior to running or debugging. To appoint a Phing target, click the Browse button browse and select the desired target in the Choose Phing Target to Execute dialog box, that opens.
deleteAlt+DeleteAlt+Delete Click this button to remove selected task from the list.
edit1EnterEnter Click this button to open the selected task for editing.
arrowUp or arrowDownAlt+UpAlt+Up or Alt+DownAlt+Down Click these buttons to move the selected task one line up or down.

Note that Before launch actions are performed in the order they are specified in the run/debug configuration dialog.

Show this pageSelect this check box to always show the Edit Run/Debug Configuration dialog prior to launching the current run/debug configuration.
If this check box is not selected, run/debug configuration will be launched silently.

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