Hi,
I use PHP as a general purpose programming language. I want to know if I can use dbg and dbg-cli to debug CLI only PHP programs. I don't have a web server installed on my system.

Thank you.

Yes you can. If you want to use dbg-cli, run the following commands:

>set mode on
>set cgiexec /usr/local/bin/php
>file yourscript.php

substitute path to php if you installed it into a different directory.
Don't forget to install debugger module (see FAQ forum here on how to do it)

If you prefer PHPED IDE, you can set Running mode to php-cgi and will allow you debug your scripts w/o browsers and http servers too.

Hmm, now I get this error:

dbg>set mode on
dbg>set cgiexec /usr/local/bin/php
dbg>file fwexception_text.php
dbg>run
Can not map local FS file "fwexception_text.php" to any URL. This file must be under "/usr/local/apache/htdocs/" directory Check mapping settings for HTTP mode.

My PHP installation is in /usr/local.

Thanks for the reply.

sorry, it's my fault. You need set mode off.
Under mode, dbg-cli understands HTTP mode and consequently requires URLs and etc stuff. Please work with off (which is by default).

Heh, this time...

dbg>set mode off
dbg>set cgiexec /usr/local/bin/php
dbg>file client_test.php
Reading symbols from client_test.php...done.
dbg>run

Program exited.
Session start timeout has expired.
Program is not being run.

I know there are some stickies about timing out, but do they apply to cli only programs?

Thanks again.

please run /usr/local/bin/php with -i argument and make sure if DBG module is installed and enabled.