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<h1>Debug Preferences 
 </h1>
<p>The Debug preferences page allows you to configure default settings 
 for the debugging process.</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>The Debug Preferences 
 Preferences page is accessed from Window | Preferences | PHP | Debug Preferences 
 .</p>
<p class="picture"><img src="debug_preferences.png" alt="Debug Preferences" title="Debug Preferences" style="border: none;" width="438" height="628" border="0"></p>

<p class="Strong">The settings that can be configured from the debug preferences 
 page are:</p>
<p style="font-weight: bold;">Default Settings</p>
<ul type="square">
	<li><p>PHP Debugger - Select which 
	 debugger will be used by default. </p></li>
	<li><p>Server - Choose which server the debugger will use by default. 
	 Click the &quot;PHP Servers&quot; category to be taken to the PHP 
	 Servers management page. For more on this, see <a href="php_servers.htm">PHP 
	 Servers.</a></p></li>
	<li><p>PHP Executable - Choose the required default PHP version. Click 
	 the &quot;PHP Executables&quot; category to be taken to the PHP Executables 
	 management page. For more on this, see <a href="php_executables.htm">PHP 
	 Executables.</a></p></li>
</ul>
<p class="ListBullet1" style="font-weight: bold;">Encoding Settings</p>
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	<li><p>Debug Transfer Encoding - Select the required debug transfer 
	 encoding from the drop-down list.</p></li>
	<li><p>Debug Output Encoding &#160;- Select the required debug output 
	 encoding from the drop-down list.</p></li>
	<li><p>Break at First Line - Mark this checkbox to force the debugging 
	 process to stop at the first line of code by default.</p></li>
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<p class="Note">Note:</p>
<p class="NoteText">Further PHP encoding options can be accessed from the 
 preferences menu under General | Content Types | Text | PHP Content Type.</p>


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			 style="font-weight: bold;">To apply Debug Preferences 
		 settings to a specific project only:</p>
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			<li class="p" style="margin-left: -20px;"><p>Select the link 
			 labelled &quot;Configure Project Specific Settings&quot;.</p></li>
			<li class="p" style="margin-left: -20px;"><p>Select the required 
			 project from the list.<br>
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			 Properties dialog will appear.</p></li>
			<li class="p" style="margin-left: -20px;"><p>Select the required 
			 settings and click Apply.</p></li>
			<li class="p" style="margin-left: -20px;"><p>A prompt dialog 
			 will appear stating that a rebuild of the project must occur 
			 for the settings to take effect.</p></li>
			<li class="p" style="margin-left: -20px;"><p>Click Yes to rebuild 
			 the project. Click No for a rebuild to be performed only when 
			 PDT 
			 is restarted. Click Cancel to cancel the operation.</p></li>
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