Wednesday, September 6, 2023

How to Configure Xdebug in Mac with XAMPP

To install with single command:

pecl install xdebug

Or Follow the instructions below:

https://xdebug.org/wizard

Installation Wizard

Summary

Xdebug installed: no
Server API: Apache 2.0 Handler
Windows: no
Zend Server: no
PHP Version: 8.2.4
Zend API nr: 420220829
PHP API nr: 20220829
Debug Build: no
Thread Safe Build: no
OPcache Loaded: no
Configuration File Path: /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/etc
Configuration File: /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/etc/php.ini
Extensions directory: /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20220829

Instructions

Download xdebug-3.2.2.tgz
Install the pre-requisites for compiling PHP extensions.
On your Mac, we only support installations with 'homebrew', and brew install php && brew install autoconf should pull in the right packages.
Unpack the downloaded file with tar -xvzf xdebug-3.2.2.tgz
Run: cd xdebug-3.2.2
Run: phpize (See the FAQ if you don't have phpize).
As part of its output it should show:
```
Configuring for:
...
Zend Module Api No:      20220829
Zend Extension Api No:   420220829
```
If it does not, you are using the wrong phpize. Please follow this FAQ entry and skip the next step.
Run: ./configure
Run: make
Run: cp modules/xdebug.so /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20220829
Update /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/etc/php.ini and add the line:
zend_extension = xdebug
Restart the Apache Webserver

Enabling Features

Now Xdebug is installed, you can enable its features. Please refer to the dedicated sections in the documentation about information on how to enable and configure these Xdebug features. Where these sections refer to php.ini or similar, please remember to use /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/etc/php.ini:

Development Helpers — help you get better error messages and obtain better information from PHP's built-in functions.
Step Debugging — allows you to interactively walk through your code to debug control flow and examine data structures.
Profiling — allows you to find bottlenecks in your script and visualize those with an external tool.

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