About the configuration method of Eclipse PHPEclipse

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Recently, I occasionally took advantage of some time to read the PHP book.
When it comes to PHP, we have to mention the development environment of PHP. Generally, Apache is used as the server, MySQL is used as the database, and PHP is combined to form a complete running environment. However, it seems that there is no compiler for writing code. I have been using Notepad is not suitable for writing PHP code by hand. Later, I heard that Eclipse can also be used to develop PHP. It only requires a PHP plug-in - "PHPEclipse". Simply put, PHPEclipse is an Eclipse plug-in that provides an integrated development environment for PHP developers. For specific introduction, please see the official website: http://www.phpeclipse.com/

Let’s talk about the steps to install, set up and use PHPEclipse under Eclipse:

1. Install apache+mysql+php+eclipse
Originally, the installation here is not the focus of this article, but I still want to say something here. If it is too complicated to install apache+mysql+php one by one and finally configure them together, I recommend an integrated installation package." Xampp", Xampp includes apache, mysql and php, and there is no need to set up other things separately after installation. It is very convenient and highly recommended.
2. Download PHPEclipse
You can download the Binarry version of PHPEclipse here (http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpeclipse/?source=typ_redirect)
3. Install PHPEclipse
Copy all the contents of the features folder extracted from the downloaded compressed package to the features folder in the eclipse root directory, for example, copy to: D: eclipse features (find features wherever eclipse is installed). In the same way, copy all the contents of the plugins folder in the compressed package to the plugins folder in the eclipse root directory. Copy the site.xml in the compressed package to the root directory of Eclipse.
4. Configure PHPEclipse
1. Restart eclipse.
2. Open eclipse and select Window->Open Perspective->Other…


3. In the Open Perspective window, find and select the PHP option


4. At this time, you can see the PHP tab in the upper right corner of Eclipse, so that you can switch between java, debug, and php modes


5. In Eclipse, select Window->Preferences, and in the pop-up Preferences window, click PHPeclipse->PHP External Tools from the left menu bar to modify the PHP configuration information. PHP External Tools three submenus: Apache, MySQL, XAMPP, used to set the configuration information of Apache, MySQL, and XAMPP.



6. Click the Apache submenu to modify the Apache configuration information. Change the Apache path to the local installation path. The modified sample is as shown in the figure, the specific value is subject to your own computer.


7. Modify MySQL configuration information


8. Modify XAMPP configuration information


5. Use PHPEclipse
1. Switch Eclipse to the PHP view and select File->New->PHP Project to create a new PHP project. Enter the project name in the New PHPProject window, select the location to save the project, and click Finish.



2. Select the Hello World project you just created, right-click the mouse, and select New->PHP File
in the pop-up shortcut menu.

3. In the new window that pops up, enter the PHP file name, such as index.php, and then next step

The above introduces the configuration method of Eclipse PHPEclipse, including the configuration method of PHPEclipse. I hope it will be helpful to friends who are interested in PHP tutorials.