Installing Xdebug for XAMPP

xampp_php7_xdebug.md

Installing Xdebug for XAMPP with PHP 7.x

• New: XAMPP - XDebug Setup for PHP 8

Requirements

• XAMPP for Windows: https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html
• Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015, 2017 and 2019

Setup

If the file C:\xampp\php\ext\php_xdebug.dll already exists, you can skip the download.

• Download Xdebug for the specific PHP version:

  • PHP 7.4 (64-Bit): https://xdebug.org/files/php_xdebug-2.9.7-7.4-vc15-x86_64.dll
  • PHP 7.4 (32-Bit): https://xdebug.org/files/php_xdebug-2.9.7-7.4-vc15.dll
  • PHP 7.3 (64-Bit): https://xdebug.org/files/php_xdebug-2.9.7-7.3-vc15-x86_64.dll
  • PHP 7.3 (32-Bit): https://xdebug.org/files/php_xdebug-2.9.7-7.3-vc15.dll
  • PHP 7.2 (32-Bit): https://xdebug.org/files/php_xdebug-2.9.7-7.2-vc15.dll
  • PHP 7.1 (32-Bit): https://xdebug.org/files/php_xdebug-2.9.7-7.1-vc14.dll
  • PHP 7.0 (32-Bit): https://xdebug.org/files/php_xdebug-2.6.1-7.0-vc14.dll

• Move the downloaded dll file to: C:\xampp\php\ext

• Open the file C:\xampp\php\php.ini with Notepad++

• Disable output buffering: output_buffering = Off

• Scroll down to the [XDebug] section (or create it) and copy/paste these lines:

[XDebug]
zend_extension = "c:\xampp\php\ext\php_xdebug.dll"
;zend_extension = "c:\xampp\php\ext\php_xdebug-2.9.7-7.4-vc15-x86_64.dll"
xdebug.remote_autostart = 1
xdebug.profiler_append = 0
xdebug.profiler_enable = 0
xdebug.profiler_enable_trigger = 0
xdebug.profiler_output_dir = "c:\xampp\tmp"
;xdebug.profiler_output_name = "cachegrind.out.%t-%s"
xdebug.remote_enable = 1
xdebug.remote_handler = "dbgp"
xdebug.remote_host = "127.0.0.1"
xdebug.remote_log = "c:\xampp\tmp\xdebug.txt"
xdebug.remote_port = 9000
xdebug.trace_output_dir = "c:\xampp\tmp"
;36000 = 10h
xdebug.remote_cookie_expire_time = 36000

• Restart Apache

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PhpStorm

• Use the PhpStorm bookmarklets generator to activate Xdebug from the browser side.
• Enable the Xdebug option: "Can accept external connections". See screenshot

Netbeans

• Change the Netbeans debugging options: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/781074/39868196-c98f15a0-5458-11e8-8143-d8c44079e099.jpg
• Change the following key in php.ini: xdebug.idekey="netbeans-xdebug"

Visual Studio Code

• Installing XDebug on anything for VSCode in 5 minutes
• Install the PHP Debug Adapter for Visual Studio Code.
• Debug PHP In VSCode With XDebug

Adobe Brackets

• Install the PHP Debugger for Brackets.

Sublime Text 2 and 3

• Install the Xdebug Client Package

Start debugger from the console

Enter cmd:

set XDEBUG_CONFIG="idekey=xdebug"
php test.php

Postman

Add XDEBUG_SESSION_START=PHPSTORM as query parameter to the url, e.g.

• http://localhost?XDEBUG_SESSION_START=PHPSTORM

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