I installed nusphere on xp. it works ok. except it doesn't pick up any info from any php.ini files.
My project is under my web server directory structure. The php module I'm debugging is under my web server directory structure. The register_globals variable is not picked up - i.e. it has not picked up the ini file where it is declared.
E.g even apache_get_version() fails. This looks like a pretty basic error. (i.e. it's not seeing anything from apachee)
I'm using wamp on xp.

I've installed DBG ok for php 5.2, I can tell you that the debugger options in phpcoder do not work. period.
but I can run a php program ok in phpcoder, I just cannot debug them. The debug options never appear in the menu.
phpinfo tells me DBG is installed ok.
phpcoder as an editor is ok, but don't waste your time with phpcoder debugger. phpgubed - I gave up with that also.

nusphere looks promising if I can get it working within 14 days.
I set the web server in phpcoder ok (http://localhost), but I don't see where to set it in nusphere.

Sorry, probably you did not install nusphere on your xp as it stands for our company name, not for any products we have.
Regarding mentioned phpcoder, we have no products with this name.
As of apache_get_version(), it's supposed to work under apache. Do you run Apache web server with php4apache.dll or php5apache.dll module? For example if you run php in CGI mode, apache_get_version() funtion is not available.

Path to php.ini picked by php is shown in phpinfo() output. Please check it.

ok - "nusphere phped" not nusphere.
phpcoder has been mentioned on these forums(by you I think) as possible front end debugger for DBG module.
phpcoder doesn't work as a debugger, I wasn't suggesting it was made by nusphere. I only found out about phpcoder from reading this forum or your DBG one.

phpinfo does work but only if I do the following.... (E.g. I can call phpinfo from with my index.php)

Web pages default to this.... ( from inside phped) (this fails)
http://localhost:8080/file:/C:/web/wamp/www/catalog/index.php?DBGSESSID=-1&PHPEdHidden=12455

I have to keep changing it to this....
http://localhost/catalog/index.php?DBGSESSID=-1&PHPEdHidden=12455

every time it opens a new web page I have to do this again (e.g. as above).


my settings are
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server port = 8080
my proxy host in phped = http://localhost.
my server mapping = http://localhost to c:\web\wamp\www



I think this problem might have nothing to do with xp or wamp.
More likely I have something set wrong in nusphere phped.

Please read this post howto-set-project-mapping-t2135.html
It's really simple to setup PhpED to work with XAMPP.
Feel free to post questions after that.

every post you reply to is a kop out.

Why to repeat everything so many times?
You have WAMP installed, we have a prepared description on how to use existing web with PhpED.