Run/Debug Configuration: PHP Script

Configuration

In this area, specify the script to run or debug and the parameters to process it with, if applicable.

Item	Description
File	In this text box, specify the location of the file to run or debug. Type the path to the file manually or click the Browse button and select the desired location in the Choose PHP File dialog box that opens.
Arguments	In this text box, type the list of arguments to be passed to the PHP script, same way as if you were entering these parameters in the command line. If necessary, click and type the desired switches in the Arguments dialog box. Type each argument on a new line. As you type, they appear in the Arguments text box with spaces as separators.

Command line

In this area, customize the behavior of the current PHP interpreter by specifying the options and arguments to be passed to the PHP executable file.

Item	Description
Interpreter options	In this text box, specify the options to be passed to the PHP executable file. They override the default behavior of the PHP interpreter and/or ensure that additional activities are performed. If necessary, click and type the desired options in the Command Line Options dialog box. Type each option on a new line. When you close the dialog box, they are all displayed in the Command line options text box with spaces as separators.
Custom working directory	In this text box, specify the location of the files that are outside the folder with the script and are referenced in your script through relative paths. Type the path manually or click the Browse button and select the desired folder in the dialog that opens. Note This settings does not block the script execution because the script location is always specified through a full path.
Environment variables	In this text box, specify the environment variables to run the PHP interpreter with, if applicable. Click the Browse button to the right of the field and configure a list of variables in the Environment Variables dialog box, that opens: To define a new variable, click the Add toolbar button and specify the variable name and value. To discard a variable definition, select it in the list and click the Delete toolbar button . Click OK, when ready The definitions of variables are displayed in the Environment variables read-only field with semicolons as separators.

Item

Description

Interpreter options

In this text box, specify the options

to be passed to the PHP executable file. They override the default behavior of the PHP interpreter and/or ensure that additional activities are performed.

If necessary, click and type the desired options in the Command Line Options dialog box. Type each option on a new line. When you close the dialog box, they are all displayed in the Command line options text box with spaces as separators.

Custom working directory

In this text box, specify the location of the files that are outside the folder with the script and are referenced in your script through relative paths. Type the path manually or click the Browse button browseButton

and select the desired folder in the dialog that opens.

Note

This settings does not block the script execution because the script location is always specified through a full path.

Environment variables

In this text box, specify the environment variables

to run the PHP interpreter with, if applicable. Click the Browse button

to the right of the field and configure a list of variables in the Environment Variables dialog box, that opens:

To define a new variable, click the Add toolbar button and specify the variable name and value.
To discard a variable definition, select it in the list and click the Delete toolbar button .
Click OK, when ready

The definitions of variables are displayed in the Environment variables read-only field with semicolons as separators.

Debug

Use the controls in this area to configure behaviour of the debugging tool.

Item	Description
Break at the first line	Select this check box to have the debugging tool stop at the first line of the source code.

Toolbar

Item	Keyboard shortcut	Description
	Alt+InsertAlt+Insert	Click this button to add new configuration to the list.
	DeleteDelete	Click this button to remove the selected configuration from the list.
	Ctrl+DCtrl+D	Click this button to create a copy of the selected configuration.
	Edit Defaults	Click this button to edit the default configuration templates. The defaults are used for the newly created configurations.
	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

Item

Description

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 limit

Specify here the maximum number of temporary configurations to be stored and shown in the Select Run/Debug Configuration drop-down list.

Before launch

In this area, specify the actions to be performed prior to executing the current run/debug configuration.

Item	Keyboard shortcut	Description
	Alt+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 and select the desired target in the Choose Phing Target to Execute dialog box, that opens.
	Alt+DeleteAlt+Delete	Click this button to remove selected task from the list.
	EnterEnter	Click this button to open the selected task for editing.
or	Alt+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 page		Select 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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