When I split my line of code into more line i.e.

$Var =
'A' .
'B';

I have to set the breakpoint at 'B'; to let the debugger stop.........

I don't know if this is necessarily a bug, but I would agree with you that this behaviour could be better. I would prefer to be able to set the breakpoint on any of the three lines in your example.

I also found another BUG when I try to set a breakpoint at a Switch ($n) in:

Switch ($n) {
case 1: break;
case 2: break;
}

The debug show a red line (so I expect it will break when it passes that line), but it's not breaking.
Defining a breakpoint on a case does work.

Scub

You should be able to break on an executable line within a case.

@Anno,

Try to set the breakpoint on the Switch statement .......

I did a simple example now, and could indeed break on the case lines (using PHP 5.2.5 on 32bit Vista). The switch line remains unbreakable for me -- I assume PHP considers it a non-executable line.

I have seen some quirks reported on this forum where different versions of PHP on different platforms exhibit different debug behaviour. Dmitri is the person most knowledgeable on this; I am sure he will be able to explain the behaviour. If he does not reply to the thread soon, it will probably be worth your while to submit a support ticket.

In the meantime, what may help you is the following: Set a working breakpoint somewhere in your script, and then start a debugging session. Once the debugging session is in progress, PhpED will show all the executable lines (where you can set breakpoints) with little blue markers in the left gutter. Maybe that will help you find a suitable spot for a working breakpoint.

That's correct. It's the way php works. Don't you see blue dot corresponding to the "b" line?

Why do you believe there is a bug? This line is not executable from the php perspectives.


Wrong assumption. Debugger will break only on the lines marked with blue dots (executable) and only when they are executed. If you believe php incorrectly recognizes the lines to be executed, feel free to post bug report there http://bugs.php.net