Invoking a hyperlink fails

AlanWeir

I have a webpage located in "htdocs/Admin/edit_scores.php" with a hyperlink <a href="../scorecard/scorecard.php</a>
When I invoke the hyperlink from Visual Studio / PHP Tools it fails with:
The requested resource /scorecard/scorecard.php was not found on this server.
Whereas if I launch localhost//Admin/edit_scores.php directly from Chrome and invoke the hyperlink then scorecard will be rendered.
How can I run it from Visual Studio?
Alan

JakubMisek

AlanWeir Thank you for your question.

I assume you have a web server (Apache or IIS) already configured for your website with webroot in .../htdocs.

I would suggest changing the project startup option so it will use the already running web server on localhost. Go to Project -> Properties -> Server, and choose Custom:

When running the website from Visual Studio, by default, it starts its own web server and you need to specify the web root (in Project -> Properties -> Web Root).

AlanWeir

Perfect!! Thank you very much.

JakubMisek

AlanWeir I'm glad it worked. We'll update the documentation accordingly.

Please let us know if you need anything else anytime.

AlanWeir

Should I be concerned about this mapping message I get from the Debug output?

> Starting Debugger Server ...
> Listening to Xdebug on 0.0.0.0:9003,[::]:9003
> Debugger Server is running.
Auto-attach to process '[41492] PHP.Debugger.Systray.exe' on machine 'WECTJNK6Q13' succeeded.
> Accepting connection from Xdebug.
> Sending the socket to Visual Studio (port 51100)
Couldn't map "file:///C:/xampp/htdocs/Standings/standings.php" to local project. Please check if the "standings.php" exists and it's included in your project.
There wasn't established any directory mapping. Debugging most likely won't work correctly.
Auto-attach to process '[30284] php_remote.exe' on machine 'WECTJNK6Q13' succeeded.

On the Application page I set the "Specific Page" to Standings/standings.php

MiloslavBeno

This warning happens when the initial file being debugged cannot be found locally - we were trying to establish automatic path mapping but we've failed because of this. That's a problem when you want to debug.

You can either check why the file is not present (There should be the same files in the project as there are on the server to be able to debug the project) or configure debug path mapping manually. That can be done in the Server tab:

AlanWeir

Strangely, I am able to set and hit breakpoints in the file so the warning appears to be benign

MiloslavBeno

Thank you for letting us know.

I've double-checked and when we fail to establish automatic mapping, we just use identity mapping and it works in this case. I'll just try to find out why it shows the warning.

Thank you!

AlanWeir

No problem, thanks for the quick reply.

AlanWeir

I do have one project that will break on php files but will not break on javascript (js) files.
If I switch back to using the internal server then the js breakpoints fire.
I examined the .sln and .phpproj files but there didn't appear to be a difference.
I tried mapping the filename to the absolute path - no difference.
If I launch Chrome dev tools and set a breakpoint in the js file, the breakpoint hits in both dev tools an VS. I can then step and examine variables in VS.
Any ideas?

MiloslavBeno

Mapping in the Server tab only influences PHP debugger, not JS.

Did you try to enable Script debugging and possibly change from Chrom to Edge if it does any difference?

files.

Thank you