Profiling a PHP Web Page

This procedure describes how to profile whole applications, projects, files or collections of files that are already on the server.

Note:

Your server must be running the Zend Debugger or XDebug in order for remote debugging and profiling capabilities to function.
The Zend Debugger comes bundled with Zend Server, Zend Core and Zend Platform, but can also be downloaded as a separate component from http://www.zend.com/en/products/studio/downloads.

 

 

Instructions on how to complete a procedure

To profile a PHP Web Page:

  1. Click the arrow next to the Profile button profile_icon.png on the toolbar and select Open Profile Dialog -or- go to Run | Open Profile Dialog from the main menu -or- right-click in PHP Explorer view and select Open Profile Dialog.

  2. A Profile dialog will appear.

  1. Double-click the PHP Web Page option to create a new Profile configuration.

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Profile PHP Web Page Configuration

  1. Enter a name for the new configuration.

  1. Select your server from the list.
    If you have not yet configured your server, click New. The PHP Server Creation Wizard will open.
    Configure your server by following the instructions on 'adding a new server' under the PHP Servers Preferences page.
    For more information on configuring the communication between Zend Studio and your remote server, see Setting Up Remote Debugging.

  2. Under PHP File, click Browse and select your 'debug target' file (the file from which the profiling process will start.)

  3. For further profiling options, select the Advanced tab, which has the following options:

  • Open in Browser - Mark if you would like the application to be displayed in Zend Studio 's internal browser

  • Source Location - Choose whether the source files used during this session will be taken from the Server or from a local copy (if a local copy is not available, files will be taken from the server according to the search mechanism detailed in the Path Mapping topic).

  1. Click Apply and then Profile.

  2. Click Yes if asked whether to open the PHP Profile Perspective. (If you would like the Profiling Perspective to open by default in the future, mark the 'Remember my decision' checkbox.)

The Profiling Perspective will open, displaying the Profiling Monitor window with various Profiling views.

See the PHP Profile Perspective for more on the information that will be displayed once a profile session has been run.

 

 

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Related Links:

Using the Profiler
Profiling a PHP Script

Locally Profiling a PHP Script

Remotely Profiling a PHP Script

Profiling a URL

Profiling

Working with the Profiler