I have tried: <ol> <li>Xdebug and Eclipse. Eclipse launches a web browser, but the browser tries to access a non-existent file in Eclipse's .app bundle.</li> <li>Xdebug and NetBeans. It does a little bit better; a browser opens a page in /tmp which says "Launching. Please wait…" but nothing happens beyond that.</li> <li>Xdebug and debugclient, the CLI tool which comes with Xdebug. MacPorts (which I used to install PHP and Xdebug) doesn't seem to install this by itself, and when I try compiling it by hand, I get told "you have strange libedit". Installing libedit via MacPorts doesn't solve that.</li> <li>Zend's debugger (the precise name escapes me right now) and Eclipse. I can't recall what the problem was, as this was some time ago, but it didn't work.</li> </ol> With regards to Xdebug, at least, I'm fairly confident I've installed it correctly. It shows up with both a phpinfo() in a PHP file and a <code>php -i</code> in the CLI. If anyone has managed to get PHP debugging working in some way or other on the Mac, I'd appreciate it if you could share with me how. Littering code with <code>var_dump($foo);die();</code> gets old quick. Bonus points if it can be done without using some bloatware editor like Eclipse, or that expensive proprietary thing Zend wants to sell me. My server is connecting to PHP via FastCGI, if that makes a diff.

Here's how I did it: 1 - Copy the latest version of xdebug.so from http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Downloads/Komodo/RemoteDebugging to /usr/libexec. 2 - Add the following to the global php.ini: <pre class="prettyprint"><code>zend_extension="/usr/libexec/xdebug.so" xdebug.remote_enable=1 xdebug.remote_host=localhost xdebug.remote_port=9000 xdebug.remote_autostart=1 </code></pre> 3 - Restart Apache and run MacGDBp.

PHP debugging on OS X

I have tried:

Xdebug and Eclipse. Eclipse launches a web browser, but the browser tries to access a non-existent file in Eclipse's .app bundle.
Xdebug and NetBeans. It does a little bit better; a browser opens a page in /tmp which says "Launching. Please wait…" but nothing happens beyond that.
Xdebug and debugclient, the CLI tool which comes with Xdebug. MacPorts (which I used to install PHP and Xdebug) doesn't seem to install this by itself, and when I try compiling it by hand, I get told "you have strange libedit". Installing libedit via MacPorts doesn't solve that.
Zend's debugger (the precise name escapes me right now) and Eclipse. I can't recall what the problem was, as this was some time ago, but it didn't work.

With regards to Xdebug, at least, I'm fairly confident I've installed it correctly. It shows up with both a phpinfo() in a PHP file and a php -i in the CLI.

If anyone has managed to get PHP debugging working in some way or other on the Mac, I'd appreciate it if you could share with me how. Littering code with var_dump($foo);die(); gets old quick. Bonus points if it can be done without using some bloatware editor like Eclipse, or that expensive proprietary thing Zend wants to sell me.

My server is connecting to PHP via FastCGI, if that makes a diff.

Can PHP be debugged?

A: You can easily debug PHP in Chrome using a simple extension called PHP Console. Just install this PHP debugging tool from the Chrome web store and start logging errors, warnings, exceptions, and vars dump on your Chrome browser.

What should I Debug PHP with?

In this method you will need the browser to debug. Open a . php file and add some breakpoints. Select the debug option to 'Listen for xDebug'.

Why is XDebug not working?

Xdebug cannot connect to PhpStorm This means that Xdebug tries to connect to the host and can't make the connection. To fix the issue, set xdebug. remote_connect_back=0 ( xdebug. discover_client_host=false for Xdebug 3) and make sure that xdebug.

Does XDebug slow PHP?

Yes, debuggers like XDebug reduce the performance of the PHP server. This is the reason why debuggers are not placed in server environment. They are deployed in a different environment to avoid unnecessary overheads.

You may want to look into MacGDBp. It's new, free, and the UI looks great. It utilizes the Xdebug PHP extension as well. You can find instructions in the help section, which includes Xdebug configurations, and there's also a nice overview of the app from the guys at Particletree here: Silence The Echo with MacGDBp.

Here's how I did it:

1 - Copy the latest version of xdebug.so from http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Downloads/Komodo/RemoteDebugging to /usr/libexec.

2 - Add the following to the global php.ini:

zend_extension="/usr/libexec/xdebug.so" xdebug.remote_enable=1 xdebug.remote_host=localhost xdebug.remote_port=9000 xdebug.remote_autostart=1

3 - Restart Apache and run MacGDBp.

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