The Get menu

Get...-> Current scope (Ctrl-E)

Requests the contents of the current scope from the scrip and displays it in the 'Shown variables' tree.

Get...-> Variable

Opens a dialog where you can enter a variable that you wish to see the current value of. For example “$test”.

Get...-> Expression

Opens a dialog where you can enter an expression that you wish to see the current return value of. For example “myFunc($test)”.

Get...-> $this

Shows the current $this if there is one. The contents will be displayed in the 'Shown Variables' tree.

The rest of the items in the Get... menu are convenience options to show the contents of $_SERVER, $_ENV, $_SESSION, $GLOBALS, $_REQUEST, $_GET, $_POST and $_FILES.