Where can I download Xdebug for PHP and Mac OS X?

Question

I went to the xdebug site, but I can't find a mac download. http://www.xdebug.org/download.php

Did I miss something? NetBeans tells me to get xdebug for setting up an PHP development environment on the mac.

Answer 1

You can just use the PECL download option, but you'll need to add a sudo

sudo pecl install xdebug

Then set the path to xdebug in your php.ini file. If everything is still at the default I'd imagine you'd need:

zend_extension="/usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/xdebug.so"

However, you can check your extensions directory via:

pecl config-get ext_dir

(You will need to restart Apache after this install, either via the command line or by turning web sharing off and on again in System Preferences.)

HTH

Answer 2

Use Homebrew.

brew install php55-xdebug

Or php56-xdebug or php70-xdebug depending on your PHP version.

Answer 3

You will need to compile it from source. Or alternatively, maybe this tutorial on getting xdebug working on mac os x with macports will help.