php on the command line tells me that it has an option:
-e Generate extended information for debugger/profiler
However by running my command line script with that I see nothing... what's that option for?
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This extended information are for debuggers and profilers. (eg. xdebug, or ZendDebugger)
Normaly this switch is used by IDE's with support for debugger (like Eclipse PDT)
see http://www.xdebug.org/docs/ for examples.
Rufinus
2009-08-10 13:32:41
But what happens when I run it on the command line?
Rory
2009-08-10 14:02:58
if you have an debugger configured for your cli or cgi-php you can force an error to see a stack trace. From the Xdebug website: "When Xdebug is activated it will show a stack trace whenever PHP decides to show a notice, warning, error etc. The information that stack traces display, and the way how they are presented, can be configured to suit your needs." (http://www.xdebug.org/docs/stack_trace)the -e switch just enables a debuger/profiler to print more information.
Rufinus
2009-08-10 14:22:37