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Installing Xdebug for XAMPP

Installing Xdebug for XAMPP with PHP 7.x

Requirements

Setup

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

[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

Netbeans

Visual Studio Code

Adobe Brackets

Sublime Text 2 and 3

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.

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odan commented Apr 8, 2019

Xdebug 2.7.1 is out!

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odan commented May 6, 2019

Xdebug 2.7.2 released! → https://xdebug.org/#2019_05_06

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trongnguyentcec commented Jun 3, 2019

For Netbeans 8 & PHP 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 please use these instructions: https://www.codewall.co.uk/debug-php-with-xdebug-on-netbeans/

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amindeist commented Jun 28, 2019

thank...very good

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HenkPoley commented Jul 16, 2019

@odan : For XAMPP Version 7.3.4 you need to download the (Zend) Thread Safe (TS/ZTS) version: https://xdebug.org/files/php_xdebug-2.7.2-7.3-vc15-x86_64.dll

Why they call it ZTS in one place, and TS in another 🤷‍♂️


btw, people can also use the built-in Xdebug by using zend_extension = "C:\xampp\php\ext\php_xdebug.dll" instead of the line above.

This actually works for me, while the version you point to doesn't.


I didn't need to unblock the DLL, even with Windows Defender on High+ cloud detection level ('Block At First Sight').

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azazqadir commented Aug 9, 2019

This process of install xdebug on windows based stack can be simpler if you use the xdebug installation wizard. To use the wizard tool create a PHP file and add this in the file

Now run this file in the browser and copy the details in the box and paste it in the wizard tool. Now, click Analyze my phpinfo() output button

Now you will some instructions, follow it and you are good to go.

Source: PHP debug process with xdebug

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nonew commented Aug 24, 2019

Can you help to figure out how to config in MacOS?

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free-developers commented Sep 5, 2019

Thank you so much

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hide2go commented Oct 28, 2019

YES! Thank you so much!!

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GitHub-Mike commented Nov 15, 2019

Attention:

This version http://xdebug.org/files/php_xdebug-2.7.2-7.3-vc15-x86_64.dll works only on PHP 7.3.x and 64bit XAMPP

The version for PHP 7.3.0 and 32bit XAMPP is: http://xdebug.org/files/php_xdebug-2.8.0-7.3-vc15.dll (current release is 2.8.0)

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yosigosi commented Jan 5, 2020

The same as westy92 commented, also I needed to add the php.ini line:
xdebug.remote_autostart = 1.
Environment:
Ubuntu 18.04 php 7.2 Eclipse 2019-09

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remasterzero commented Apr 7, 2020

I give you the thousand star 👍
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odan commented Apr 7, 2020

@remasterzero Awesome!!! 🤩 🥳🍾

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meksiabdou commented Apr 12, 2020

Thank you so much <3

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ThomasBerne commented Jul 17, 2020

Very usefull ! Think you so much !

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fqodry commented Aug 5, 2020

thank you!! very useful 👍

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Paresh98000 commented Sep 11, 2020

Thanks ! you resolved my 3 days headache

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anjalbinayak commented Sep 17, 2020

Thank you, I can never imagine to live without var_dump readable output.

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vid100 commented Oct 8, 2020

Thank you so much..

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nalendro16 commented Oct 31, 2020

really apreciate your work! thanks

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bksubramanyarao commented Nov 13, 2020

thanks a ton 👍

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moehammadiqbql commented Jan 4, 2021

thankyou

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Dorothee47 commented Feb 3, 2021

Thank you very much for your excellent instruction!

I work with Windows 10 and Apache Netbeans 12.2.
I had to add the following statement in php.ini:

xdebug.idekey="netbeans-xdebug"

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nileshp9495 commented Feb 6, 2021

Thanks. Very useful

@zericksp
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zericksp commented Apr 1, 2021

Great. Finally I can use Xdebug at VS Code!

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Paresh98000 commented Apr 4, 2021

How should we go for IIS debug ???

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os3albert commented May 13, 2021

Thank You Man!!! 😇 🤓 ❤️

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webrefer commented Jun 13, 2021

thank you

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vukasinpetrovic commented Oct 15, 2021

Awesome, thank you! ❤️

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wordpressyu commented Oct 17, 2021

a tutorial like this ,
should be for wamp server.
when wordpress is installed on wamp ,
what neccessry confugurations of wamp should be done ?
thnks

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