I am an Eclipse PDT newbie, so apologies if my questions are basic.
THE ENVIRONMENT ================ I have set up Eclipse PDT 2.1.3 with xDebug and I am trying to debug a Drupal application with LAMPP on Ubuntu via my localhost. I have installed the Drupal Plugin for Eclipse.
I have set breakpoints in page-front.tpl.php and page.tpl.php and the debugger stops in the files where expected.
THE PROBLEM ============ However, I have set a breakpoint in a node-product.tpl.php file (derived from node.tpl.php) but when I click Run > Resume and I navigate to the correct page in the browser window, the debugger just refuses to stop execution in it. At this point under Run, the only command highlighted is Terminate, so I don't know where in the application I am at present.
If the application is still executing, how do I break out of the loop and get back control so I can start debugging?
Secondly, I am not certain why I am not able to get into that file and perhaps there's a good reason I am not aware of. This is my primary aim here.
Also, my Firefox External browser opens when I initiate a debug session, but there doesn't seem to be a relationship between Run > Step Over (F6) and what I see in the browser window. The browser is expecting user input. How do I coordinate between the browser and the Eclipse IDE so it's interactive between the two? An action in one makes it pause or continue in the other. That means, when I click in browser window, it should show me where I am in the debugger.
I have one more question. When I start a Drupal debugging session most people set up the Run > Run Configurations to start at index.php. My question is can I start a debug session at some arbitrary URL address or does it always have to begin with a .php file? How about a .tpl.php file located not in the htdocs folder, but in the theme folder itself? Should it be a .tpl.php file, or can it be a URL address?
I know these are basic questions, but any leads would be appreciated.