PHP Tools for Visual Studio significantly simplifies debugging. The PHP debugger gives developers the same experience as they are used to with other Visual Studio languages.

Go To Definition reads where every symbol in your code is declared. Every built-in PHP function or class has its auto generated pseudo code, allowing you to stay in the development environment while browsing the code. Navigate To enables quick searching for classes, functions, constants or class fields. Type partial name to browse through available declarations. Class View & Object Browser allows you to browse all declarations in your project. Search for classes and their members quickly.

PHP projects behave the same way as other Visual Studio projects. This makes working with PHP Tools for Visual Studio extremely convenient for both professionals and beginners. Since PHP projects tend to grow to enormous sizes, the system is optimized to work fluently with large sets of files.