I just want to know if it is possible to debug a php script without web server, and without CGI module, just a php CLI utility.

to do this i have a little changed dbg.c
I just did a chk_argv_session() to check parameters passed to the php cli.



It simply concat "SG(request_info).argv" with a separator ('&') and then call chk_session_request().

Look like it works. (DBG connect my client) but i'm asking if the DBG module is able to run in this mode without problems. Has somebody alredy tried this or know if there is some issus?

At the first glance, there should be no problems

Thank you. I will continue to work on it

Hello ddmitrie,
about debugging scripts with php cli (no cgi, no webserver):

I have been looking at some source codes (dbg, dbg-cli, sapi/cgi and sapi/cli), and with the help of the current thread I realize how
dbg-cli was setting up environment vars and calling the php binary through execve.

I might be missing something, but so far, I realized that this method doesn't work with php cli.
In DBG source I've found that chk_session_request_post() checks for DBGSESSID in the following php variables:

_POST, HTTP_POST_VARS, _COOKIE, and HTTP_COOKIE_VARS

But, AFAIK it's not possible to set any of those through command line arguments nor environment when using php cli (I guess only php-cgi incorporates the enviromnent variables), thus the DBG would't be activated.

Are the above thoughts correct?
If not, the procedure to debug using dbg-cli & php (cli) is the same documented??

Thanks in advance,
Thiago Silva

it was fixed in 2.18.
Starting with this version it's possible to trigger debug session using DBGSESSID in the command line.

Thanks for the quick answer
Is there a date for the open source release of this version?

Thanks again
Thiago

Regarding version 2.18, we have no such plans.

Sorry, I wrongly expressed myself (as I noticed there is a version 2.20).
I mean, when the next free version will be released?


Thiago

I'm working on the free version in my free time and would not like to make any commitments. I can only say that it will happen soon. Probably in March.

Thanks!!
I appreciate your effort