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I've got the Xdebug plugin working with Sublime Text 3 (as well as the SFTP plugin), and I can successfully set breakpoints and have the Xdebug Context pane populate with every variable in my phpBB site; and I can expand arrays and examine their contents. But it escapes me as to how to find, among the hundreds of variables in the list, a particular variable of interest and its value. Nor can I find where it's documented as to how to find it. Are there any good resources for this? As I say, I have the basics working - this fundamental step eludes me and prevents me from debugging.

Xdebug Context pane

I tried issuing printf's in the console window, but no matter what I enter there, I get "SyntaxError: invalid syntax"

Edit: I've stumbled on the solution! Once you've hit a breakpoint and the Xdebug Context presents, give that tab focus and do a Ctrl + F - a "Find" dialog presents at the bottom of the Sublime window that permits you to search for a variable. The "" button permits you to constrain the search to exactly what's typed, because e.g., "alpha" is contained within "alphanumeric":

Screenshot of Find Dialog

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  • I'm not using Sublime Text, but anyway: how about you use "Xdebug Watch" tab -- you should be able to add the desired variable there to watch after. Commented Mar 24 at 22:59
  • That's a thought - but in a single debugging session, the examination of one variable could lead to the decision to examine another. Don't watch variables have to be set at the beginning of a session? At any rate, I stumbled on the solution - but thanks for the suggestion. I'll edit my post with the new info. Commented Mar 25 at 16:46
  • You should be able to add variable to Watched at any time (normal approach -- it's a "watch list", meaning: "I'm interested in those few out of all of the rest"). Side note: looks like phpBB uses a lot of variables in (global?) context.. or it's Sublime Text that displays them this way. Because normally you should have less of them (but then: it depends on a code base). Commented Mar 25 at 17:13
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