VSCode and Xdebug on a Laravel Lighthouse Windows environment setup - php

Question

I'm trying to set up Xdebug to work in VSCode on a Windows environment with a Lighthouse / Laravel based server. My VSCode settings look like this
{
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"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Listen for XDebug",
"type": "php",
"request": "launch",
"port": 9000
},
{
"name": "Launch currently open script",
"type": "php",
"request": "launch",
"program": "${file}",
"cwd": "${fileDirname}",
"port": 9000
}
]
}
I've also tried adding a pathMappings to there with no luck
"pathMappings": {
"/graphql": "${workspaceRoot}/public"
}
I've followed https://laracasts.com/series/visual-studio-code-for-php-developers/episodes/13 and added all there suggested configurations. When I type php -v
PHP 7.4.10 (cli) (built: Sep 1 2020 16:52:21) ( NTS Visual C++ 2017 x64 )
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.4.0, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
with Xdebug v3.0.0, Copyright (c) 2002-2020, by Derick Rethans
I do see Xdebug installed.
My php.ini looks like this
[XDebug]
zend_extension = "php_xdebug-3.0.0-7.4-vc15-nts-x86_64.dll"
xdebug.remote_enable = 1
xdebug.remote_autostart = 1
xdebug.remote_connect_back = 1
xdebug.remote_host=localhost
xdebug.idekey=VSCODE
xdebug.remote_log ="C:\tools\xdebug.log"
Any advice would be greatly appreciated

Answer 1

For anyone else with a similar problem just needed to upgrade my php.ini.
[XDebug]
zend_extension = "php_xdebug-3.0.0-7.4-vc15-nts-x86_64.dll"
xdebug.mode = debug
xdebug.start_with_request=yes
xdebug.idekey=VSCODE
Ended up something like this not even sure if the idekey is even necessary now.
That and change the port to 9003 as that changed in version 3 apparently.