How can I debug PHP Laravel on Visual Studio Code without use XAMPP or WAMP server

Question

I'm using PHP 7.3.1 with Laravel 5.7.

How can I proceed to debug step by step without install a external server? Using Xdebug?

Just running with the command:

php artisan serve

All solution then I founded use WAMP.

Answer 1

Setup xdebug extension in php.ini file as per your PHP version.

Check which version of xdebug support your PHP here : https://xdebug.org/wizard.php

Don't forget to change your xdebug extension path zend_extension.

Add xdebug extension into the browser also. For mozila click here.

[xdebug]
zend_extension = "C:\php\ext\php_xdebug-2.7.0-7.2-vc15.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
;xdebug.trace_output_dir = "C:\xampp\tmp"

Answer 2

I'd try starting artisan with Xdebug like php -z /path/to/xdebug.so artisan serve.

And then use the PHP debug extension for Visual Studio code, to set breakpoints, inspect variables and all other debugging stuff.