<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>Creating the Project</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.71.0"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="Debugging in PHP Eclipse"><link rel="up" href="ar02.html" title="Creating a Project Using PHPEclipse"><link rel="prev" href="ar02.html" title="Creating a Project Using PHPEclipse"><link rel="next" href="ar02s03.html" title="Adding a Source File to the Project"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Creating the Project</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ar02.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Creating a Project Using PHPEclipse</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ar02s03.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="phpeclipse.creatingproject.creatingproject"></a>Creating the Project</h2></div></div></div><p>The first step is to actually create the project. To do this, click
on the File menu, mouseover 'New' and select 'Other...'.</p><div class="figure"><a name="phpeclipse.creatingproject.filenewother"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 1. Creating a Project</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="filenewother.png" alt="Creating a Project"></div></div></div></div><p><br class="figure-break"></p><p>When the Window appears, open up the PHP section and select PHP
Project.</p><div class="figure"><a name="phpeclipse.creatingproject.phpproject"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 2. Selecting PHP Project from the Wizard Selection List</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="phpproject.png" alt="Selecting PHP Project from the Wizard Selection List"></div></div></div></div><p><br class="figure-break"></p><p>When the New PHP Project window appears, select a name for your
project. If your workspace is not inside your webroot, it is recommended
to create your project in a directory that is. To do this, uncheck 'Use
default location' and enter an alternative path instead. When you have
entered a project name and a path, click the 'Finish' button to
continue.</p><div class="figure"><a name="phpeclipse.creatingproject.newphpproject"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 3. New PHP Project Window</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="newphpproject.png" alt="New PHP Project Window"></div></div></div></div><p><br class="figure-break"></p><p>Eclipse will then create an empty PHP project for you. Your
workspace should now have a PHP project, similar to the figure
below.</p><div class="figure"><a name="phpeclipse.creatingproject.projectcreated"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 4. Workspace with the New PHP Project</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="projectcreated.png" alt="Workspace with the New PHP Project"></div></div></div></div><p><br class="figure-break">The PHP Project has now been created and you can now start
adding files and source code to your project. Note the blue PHP icon in
the top right corner - this indicates that you are now in the PHP
Perspective. An Eclipse perspective is a customized environment that is
geared towards a certain task. There are certain things that are helpful
to have visible while coding in PHP, for example, and other things that
might be useful to have visible when coding Java, and still others that
are useful during debugging. The PHP Perspective is the perspective that
is used for writing PHP code.</p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ar02.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="ar02.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ar02s03.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Creating a Project Using PHPEclipse </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Adding a Source File to the Project</td></tr></table></div></body></html>