Working with the Profiler

The following procedure demonstrates how to profile a PHP Script locally:

1. Create a file, called Person, and copy-paste the example code into it. (Click herefor the example code)
   (See the "Working with the Profiler" Tutorial in Zend Studio's Online Help for the example code.)

2. Create a second file, called tryPerson, and copy-paste the example code into it. (Click herefor the example code).
   See the "Working with the Profiler" Tutorial in Zend Studio 's Online Help for the example code.

3. Save both files.

4. Click the arrow next to the Profile button on the toolbar and select Profile Configurations... -or- from the main menu go to Run | Profile Configurations... -or- right-click in PHP Explorer view and select Profile Configurations....

5. A Profile dialog will appear.

6. Double-click the PHP Script option to create a new Profile configuration.

7. Enter a name for the new configuration.

8. To profile the file locally using Zend Studio's internal debugger, select the PHP Executable setting under the Debugger Location category and select the required PHP executable (PHP 4, 5, or 5.3).
   

9. Under PHP File, click Browse and select the "TryPerson" file.

10. Click Apply and then Profile.

11. A confirmation dialog will be displayed asking whether you want to open the Profiling Perspective.
    Click Yes. (If you would like the Profiling Perspective to open by default in the future, mark the 'Remember my decision' checkbox.)

The Profiling Perspective will open, displaying the Profiling Monitor window with the following information:

• Profiler Information - provides general information on the profiling duration and date, number of files constructing the requested URL and more. In addition, it displays a Time Division Pie Chart for the files in the URL.
  The right side displays time division in a pie chart and the left side provides the following information:

• URL - The URL analyzed

• Query - The specific query parameters

• Path - The exact location of the first file called

• Total Request Time - Total process time of the entire page

• Number of Files - Number of files composing the page

• Date - Date and time that the profiling took place

• Execution Statistics - Displays the list of files constructing the URL and detailed information on functions in the files. The window contains statistics relevant to each function:

• Function - The name and location of the function.

• Calls Count - The number of times that the function was called.

• Average Own Time - The average duration without internal calls.

• Own Time(s) - The net process duration without internal calls.

• Others Time(s) - Time spent on calling other files.

• Total Time(s) - The total process duration including internal calls.

Note:

Click the 'Show as percentage' button on the toolbar to see the statistics as percentages rather than times.

• Execution Flow - Shows the flow of the execution process and summarizes percentages and times spent on each function.

• Function - Function name

• File - The file in which the function is located

• Total Execution Time - Percent of time taken per function.

• Duration Time - Time taken per function. In milliseconds.

• Code Coverage Summary - Summary of how many lines of code were covered.

• Element - The file / folder that was called.

• Covered Lines (Visited / Significant / Total) - Percentage of lines covered within each file. (Visited = Number of lines covered / Significant = number of lines excluding comments and declarations/ Total = Total number of lines in the file.)

Clicking on the 'Covered lines' percentages will open an editor containing the debug file, with the covered lines highlighted:

The following steps demonstrate how to profile a file on an external server:

1. Create a file, called Person, and copy-paste the example code into it. (Click herefor the example code).
   See the "Working with the Profiler" Tutorial in Zend Studio's Online Help for the example code.

2. Create a second file, called tryPerson, and copy-paste the example code into it. (Click herefor the example code).
   See the "Working with the Profiler" Tutorial in Zend Studio's Online Help for the example code.

3. Save both files.

4. Copy them to your server.

5. Click the arrow next to the Profile button  on the toolbar and select Profile Configurations... –or- right-click the file in PHP explorer or within the file's editor window and select Profile As | Open Debug dialog.
   A Profile dialog will appear.

6. Double-click on the PHP Web Page option to create a new profile configuration.

7. Enter a name for the new configuration.

8. Select the Zend Debugger to from the Server Debugger drop-down list.

9. Ensure that your server is selected from the list.
   If you have not configured a server, click New and enter:

   1. Your server's name.

   2. The URL of its document root.

10. Under the File/Project category, click Browse and select the "tryPerson" file. This will be the file from which the profiling process will start.

11. Click Apply and then Profile.
    A confirmation dialog will be displayed asking whether you want to open the Profiling Perspective.

12. Click Yes. (If you would like the Profiling Perspective to open by default in the future, mark the 'Remember my decision' checkbox.)

The Profiling Perspective will open, displaying the Profiling Monitor window with profiling information.
See PHP Perspectives and Views for details on the information displayed in the profiling perspective.

Related Links:

Using the Profiler
Profiling a PHP Script

Locally Profiling a PHP Script

Remotely Profiling a PHP Script

Profiling a PHP Web Page

Profiling a URL

Profiling

Profiler Preferences