How tell PHPStorm debugger, that my project has document root other than project root

Question

I'am trying to set up PHPStorm with xdebug. Everyting launches fine, but breakpoints just do not work and have "x" symbol on them.

I'm using openserver with PHP 5.4 and editing files directly on the local web server, so no file mapping is necessary.

I think, that my problem is that web server root is located below the project root directory (for security reasons) and PHPStorm does not that.

Project root: C:\OpenServer\domains\mysite

Web server root (configured in nginx): C:\OpenServer\domains\mysite\httpdocs

How do I tell PHPStorm, that the index.php that webserver runs is actually C:\OpenServer\domains\mysite\httpdocs\index.php, but not C:\OpenServer\domains\mysite\index.php?

Answer 1

You have to use path mapping. You can find it in debug server configuration

Check out official docs and vids:

• Help page
• PHP Debugging webinar recording
• JIT debugging
• Smart step into
• Simultaneous debug sessions