I am trying to setup the debugger using xdebug and IntelliJiDEA 14.0.4 with my PHP application that runs at my localhost for Unit Testing and tracing. i have tried my best but could not able to locate where is the issue.
My phpinfo page shows xdebug support enabled Version 2.4.0.
It is the same version suggested by https://xdebug.org/wizard.php
In IntelliJ I have Run/Debug configrations I have configured "PHP Web Appication" with
Start url - http://localhost:8081/baskar/index.php
Servers - 172.20.65.71 : 9000 xdebug
In Validate remote environment - i have given deployment server as Local and validation script path as C:\dev\baskar\Validation. On validate I am getting
!No php.ini file was found
!No debug extension is loaded
My php.ini file settings:
extension=php_oci8_11g.dll ; Use with Oracle 11gR2 Instant Client
zend_extension=C:/dev/php_5.4/ext/php_xdebug-2.4.0-5.4-vc9.dll
[xdebug] xdebug.remote_enable=true xdebug.remote_port=9000
xdebug.profiler_enable=1 xdebug.remote_host=172.20.65.71
xdebug.profiler_output_dir="C:\dev"
xdebug.remote_log=C:\dev\php_5.4\xdebug.log
Please guide me where I went wrong or let me know if you need anyother info. Thanks in advance!!!
I know this is old, but I would like to provide a generic solution for a very common problem.:
Intellij Ultimate 2018.3 has an excellent Pre-configuracion instructions, with validation (check step 1). Open settings (CTRL+ALT+S) and find it following the selected option in the capture:
Take your time, all you need is in these configurations steps.
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Could you please advice me how properly configure Xdebug for Laravel application. I found a lot instructions for PhpStorm but they do not work for me as I'm using IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate.
What I have already achieved - I can debug single PHP script but not whole application. I cannot follow completely the instruction which is given for PhpStorm because on step when I need to configure Run/Debug Configuration I got stucked.
Much appreciation on any help in advance!
Okay, I gathered full instruction how to work with XDebug and IntelliJ Idea Ultimate to debug Laravel application and Windows specifically (if you use other OS the installation part will be different but other should be the same):
First of all you need to install XDebug itself and configure PHP to work with it. For that:
Find out which PHP version you use using phpinfo() you will need Version, Architecture and PHP Extension Build sections to complete next step.
Go to https://xdebug.org/download.php and download appropriate build. Basically it is dll provided for specific PHP you have installed
After that copy that DLL to Apache modules directory - for me that is D:\OSPanel\modules\http\Apache-PHP-7-x64\modules\ as I'm using OpenServer.
Put into php.ini file following configuration:
[Xdebug]
zend_extension="D:\OSPanel\modules\http\Apache-PHP-7-x64\modules\php_xdebug-2.6.0-7.1-vc14-x86_64.dll"
xdebug.remote_enable = 1
xdebug.remote_host = "localhost"
xdebug.remote_autostart=on
xdebug.remote_enable=on
xdebug.remote_port=9000
xdebug.idekey="PHPSTORM"
where php_xdebug-2.6.0-7.1-vc14-x86_64.dll is name of dll I personally downloaded.
Restart Apache
Open your Laravel project and check your Debuggin configuration (File > Settings... > Languages & Frameworks > PHP > Debug): check XDebug section if Debug port is the same as you specified above (it should be, if you did not changet it previously)
Delete all your Run/Debug configurations
Install Xdebug Helper for Chrome or any other extension if your not using Chrome (Browser Debugging Extensions)
Hit Run > Start listening for PHP Debug Connections
Put break point in your project and open appropriate site context
Enjoy!
Hope that will be useful for community.
I can't get my PhpStorm IDE to work with xdebug.
My current setup is the following:
PhpStorm 2017.1.4
MacOS Sierra 10.12.5
Here are the steps that I followed.
I have installed php with the following command. I have added the postgres parameter because I need it later to connect to a PostgreSQL database.
brew install php71 --with-postgresql
The next step is to install XDebug with the following command
brew install php71-xdebug
So the next step that I got from the documentation (https://www.jetbrains.com/help/phpstorm/configuring-xdebug.html) is to edit the php.ini file with the following content:
[Xdebug]
zend_extension="<path to php_xdebug.dll>"
xdebug.remote_enable=1
xdebug.remote_port="<the port for Xdebug to listen to>" (the default port is 9000)
xdebug.profiler_enable=1
xdebug.profiler_output_dir="<AMP home\tmp>"
Just some questions about those fields and XDebug.
So I guess XDebug is some kind of service that runs on the remote_port and that PhpStorm is using to write data to? Or do you have to specify the port where the application you want to test is running?
What exactly is the profiler thing? And can the output dir be anything I can choose?
So this is my php.ini file that I think it should be:
[xdebug]
zend_extension="/usr/local/Cellar/php71-xdebug/2.5.4/xdebug.so"
xdebug.remote_enable=1
xdebug.remote_host=localhost
xdebug.remote_port=9000
xdebug.profiler_enable=1
xdebug.profiler_output_dir="/usr/tmp"
That's it for the php.ini. So I have to check the settings in my PhpStorm IDE. And those are the following:
So that is my setup. In my project I just have one index.php with <?php echo phpinfo(); ?> I just click the Chrome icon so it opens directly in the browser to check if XDebug is there. I see the following result.
So I thought to myself ok let's try some debugging. So I changed my index.php file to the following
$i = 2;
$j = $i + 2;
echo $j
I've put a breakpoint on the 2nd line. And when I run it, it never stops at the breakpoint. What is needed to do that or am I wrong in my configuration somewhere?
To make Xdebug remote debugging working on your page, you need to set a cookie in your browser, telling the server you want to debug the page, there are many extensions for that, the most known is Xdebug helper in Chrome.
I also suggest you to follow this tutorial Zero-configuration debugging, it is very detailed and clear IMO.
If you still have problems i'll try to help you with pleasure :)
I have been dealing with an unexpected error when trying to setup xdebug 2 with PhpStorm (2016.2.2). It says:
Connection with 'xdebug 2.5.0rc1' was not established. Validate installation.
I decided to ask for help because I cannot solve this error for 3 days already and I have tried everything I could.
These are the setup steps that I did:
pasted my phpinfo here (https://xdebug.org/wizard.php) and downloaded the recommended php_xdebug.dll (php_xdebug-2.5.0rc1-5.5-vc11-nts-x86_64).
copied php.ini file into bin\php\php5.6.0 and added these lines of code:
[Xdebug]
zend_extension = C:\MAMP\bin\php\php5.6.0\ext\php_xdebug-2.5.0rc1-5.6-vc11.dll
xdebug.default_enable=1
xdebug.remote_enable=1
xdebug.idekey=PHPSTORM
xdebug.remote_port = 80
xdebug.profiler_enable=1
Installed "JetBrains IDE Support" and "Xdebug helper" extensions for Chrome browser.
Sometimes I manage to debug (I guess) without an error but I get an error on browser which says "No direct script access allowed".
I am on Windows 10 x64 running MAMP 3.2.2 with php 5.6.0. Don't know what more details I can provide right now but it looks enough.
The problem that I had was on the other laptop that I use. Both of them use the same settings (win10, MAMP 3.2.2). On my second laptop (the one I am currently typing from) this is php.ini settings:
PHP version: 5.6.0 PHP CLI: C:\MAMP\bin\php\php5.6.0\php.exe PHP CGI:
C:\MAMP\bin\php\php5.6.0\php-cgi.exe Loaded Configuration File:
C:\MAMP\bin\php\php5.6.0\php.ini Debugger extension: xdebug 2.4.1
It uses xdebug 2.4.1 and I dont get the error on this laptop. I will try to get the same xdebug version to my first laptop and see if it works.
And this is the only command I added to php.ini on the second laptop (xdebug functioning) "zend_extension = C:\MAMP\bin\php\php5.6.0\ext\php_xdebug-2.4.1-5.6-vc11.dll" . Does it even make sense that without extra Xdebug settings it could even run?
I am trying to debug with NetBeans Mac locally.
This is my php.ini
[xdebug]
xdebug.default_enable=1
xdebug.remote_enable=1
xdebug.remote_handler=dbgp
xdebug.remote_host=localhost
xdebug.remote_port=9000
xdebug.remote_autostart=1
xdebug.remote_log="/Applications/MAMP/logs/xdebug.log"
xdebug.idekey="netbeans-xdebug"
zend_extension="/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.4.10/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20100525/xdebug.so"
This is what I had been getting in xdebug.log
I: Connecting to configured address/port: localhost:9000.
E: Could not connect to client. :-(
I try changing the port to 9001 and turn off firewall and it didn't help.
Xdebug's default port (9000) conflicts with FastCGI (Xdebug was first!) - the solution is to change it to another port. After having done that, you need to restart your IDE where you will also need to configure the new port. You will also need to restart PHP and your Web Server.
Step 1:
Change xdebug.remote_port=9000 to xdebug.remote_port=9001
Step 2:
Change the debugging port in Netbeans. Go to Tools >> Options >> Click PHP tab
Under PHP tab click debugging
Change the debugger port : 9001
Change Session ID : netbeans-xdebug
Step 3:
Restart server and netbeans
Step 4:
Set a breakpoint and try
I had exact the same problem.
The xdebug installion wizard (https://xdebug.org/wizard.php) showed that my xdebug was correctly installed. (The wizard told me to install the Xdebug 2.5.0rc1 dll)
In phpinfo I also got a xdebug section showing (in my opinion) the correct values. Even with this I got a "could not connect to client" message in the error log.
Eventually I solved it by trial and error doing the following:
Downloaded all the older versions of the xdebug dll's for my php version and tried them all. Eventually one of them worked. For me it was with php 5.6.8 the xdebug 2.4.1 dll (PHP 5.6 VC11 TS (32 bit) ) on a windows 7 32 bit machine. I am using xampp-win32-5.6.8-0-VC11.zip for my xampp installation.
What I learned was the following:
(a) The Xdebug wizard does not neccesarily give the correct dll to use
(b) Even though phpinfo shows a Xdebug section with correct variables this does not necessarily mean that it is correct.
(c) Try older versions of the dll's if you get this error.
was wondering what was the best way to debug PHP on my local machine. I use MAMP on mac os 10.5
thanks,
Patrick
Using xdebug is a good start. Download the package and follow the instructions in the INSTALL file. It's fairly easy. Once this is done, add the following lines to your php.ini file:
;;[xdebug]
zend_extension="/Path/to/your/module/xdebug.so"
xdebug.file_link_format="txmt://open?url=file://%f&line=%1"
xdebug.var_display_max_depth = 20
Don't forget to restart Apache after this.
Most debugging can be done using a simple die(var_dump($some_variable)). It's not very sophisticated, but with xdebug installed, the output of a vardump looks pretty good in a browser. In most of the cases this is enough.
If you need more control, you can add an xdebug_break(); statement in your code and add the following lines to your php.ini:
xdebug.remote_enable=1
xdebug.remote_host=localhost
xdebug.remote_port=9000
xdebug.remote_autostart=1
Again, don't forget to restart Apache.
Now, using a tool like MacGDBp (or Eclipse+PDT if you must), you get a classic debugger. You can step though your program.
Have fun!
I've always thought the "best" way of PHP debugging on any platform is by using FirePHP, which can output debug messages straight into the Firebug window in Firefox.
I've found that running php -l myfile.php is great at catching syntax errors before I try and reload the page in my browser (and thus prevent the abominable White Screen of Death). Beyond that, I just point my browser to my local webserver and try to access the pages.
You can do some nifty things in your code itself (like using debug_backtrace()), but that (obviously) requires you to put it in the code yourself.
Personally, I use Eclipse+PDT and XDebug. To simplify things, get Eclipse for PHP Developers from the Eclipse download page rather than installing PDT as a plugin. Eclipse has a high learning curve, but it gives you all the debugger functionality you expect: instruction stepping, breakpoints, watches, even altering variables live.
If you don't like Eclipse or find it's too much for you, there are other clients compatible with XDebug.
I also use eclipse+pdt and xdebug. If you're new to trying out debuggers you can try zend studio which will setup things pretty easily.
Zend Studio is by far the best tool to use to create and debug PHP code. I run the community Edition of Zend Server on my dev Linux box and locally in a virtual machine on my MacBook Pro.
Take a look at the Zend website for details - it has cut my app development by two thirds!
Thanks to a bunch of links like this one and others, here's a compiled solutions that successfully uses OSX's native Apache2 and XDebug together with MacGDBp and a Safari extension called XDebug Helper.
You can do it even without MAMP.
There is a way how to do it using:
PhpStorm
Homebrew
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Php + Xdebug
1) Install php and debug
brew install php70
brew install php70-xdebug
In PhpStorm - check Preferences => Language and Frameworks => PHP
Php language level: 7
Interpreter: PHP 7.0.8 + XDebug (or choose from [...])
Check debug config:
Preferences => Language and Frameworks => PHP => Debug => Xdebug section
All checkboxes should be checked and set Debug port to: 9001
2) run server in your app's directory:
php -S localhost:8080
3) Add localhost:8080 to PhpStorm Preferences => Language and Frameworks => PHP => Servers:
Name: Localhost:8080
Host: localhost
Port: 8080
Debugger: Xdebug
4) Update php.ini:
Php => Interpreter => […] => Configuration file - Open in Editor
Add this section: (check zend_extention path through the cli)
[Xdebug]
zend_extension=/usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20121212/xdebug.so
xdebug.remote_enable=1
xdebug.remote_host=localhost
xdebug.remote_port=9001 (same as in Debug preferences)
5) Add Debug Configuration:
Run => Edit Configuration => add - Php Web Application
Choose Localhost:8080 server
6) Click Start Listening for Php Debug Connections
7) Set up breakpoints
7) Click on Debug (Green bug)