install xdebug on centos

xdebug

http://xdebug.org/install.php#configure-php
http://blog.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/2013/08/debugger-configuration-validation-with-phpstorm/

on CentOS:
1. You need to install PHP’s devel package for PHP commands execution
yum install php-devel
yum install php-pear

2. Next install GCC and GCC C++ compilers to compile Xdebug extension yourself.
yum install gcc gcc-c++ autoconf automake

3. Compile Xdebug
pecl install Xdebug

4. Find the php.ini file using
locate php.ini
And add the following line
[xdebug]
zend_extension="/usr/lib64/php/modules/xdebug.so"
xdebug.remote_enable = 1

5. Restart Apache
service httpd restart

6. Test if it works – create test.php with the following code
<?php phpinfo() ?>