Working with PHP_Depend

To configure PHP_Depend:

1. From the menu-bar, select Window | Preferences | PHP Tools | PHP Depend.
   

2. Configure the PHP_Depend preferences as follows:

   • PHP Executable- Select a PHP Executable for running PHP_Depend.

   • PEAR Library- You may choose to use your own PEAR library or the internal library.

     Note:

     The internal library is always within the include path, missing packages are used from there.

• Debug- If you wish to print PHP output to the console for the purpose of debugging, select the print PHP output to console checkbox.

• Options- Select the check-boxes to analyze code without annotations and identify bad documentation.
• Optimization- Select an optimization option (None, Best).
• Filter- Enter PHP file extensions, or folder names, to be excluded from the code analysis.

3. Click OK.
4. From the menu-bar, select Window | Preferences | PHP Tools | PHP Depend | Metrics.
   

5. Configure the metrics you wish PHP_Depend to measure, by selecting and unselecting the check-boxes in the list. Click New to a metric of your own.
6. Click OK.

To measure metrics using PHP_Depend:

1. From the menu-bar, select Window | Show View | PHP Tools | PHP Depend.
   The PHP Depend view is displayed. This view is used to display the measured metrics.
2. In the PHP Explorer, right-click the file or folder you wish to measure metrics for, and select PHP Tools | PHP Depend.
   -OR-
   In the tool-bar, click the Run PHP Depend icon .
   PHP Depend will parse the source code and measure the configured metrics. The results are displayed in the PHP Depend view.