Ability to add expressions to watch

Question

Ability to add expressions to watch

Closed this issue 5 years ago · 3 comments

PhpStorm has a handy feature where you can evaluate arbitrary PHP expressions (sort of an eval) at the location where the breakpoint is triggered. I was wondering if something like that is possible here as well via xdebug?

PhpStorm shows a separate window where you can enter the expression and the result is displayed in a box below it. However, perhaps utilizing the watches pane would be sufficient and easier instead.

Really liking the new interface, thanks!

Answer 1 · 2018-05-08T12:34:16.000Z

You should be able to evaluate expressions via the Console panel.

Answer 2 · 2018-05-08T13:14:50.000Z

Thanks for the tip. I didn't see there was a text field there as my theme only accentuates them on hover (see screenshot below), perhaps a label would be nice 😄 .

Also, could you clarify how I should interact with this input box? I figured I could enter arbitrary expressions here, but they seem to have no effect other than being repeated. This was attempted whilst a breakpoint was triggered.

Answer 3 · 2019-02-05T07:22:29.000Z

This is fixed, I can now - for some reason - enter arbitrary expressions in this box, which are then evaluated.