Php – XDebug not working with xampp

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I'm using (or trying to anyway) use the bundled XDebug with XAMPP 1.7.2. It comes bundled with Apache 2.2.12, PHP 5.3.0, XDebug 2.0.5 and Zend (not sure on version)

This is a totally fresh install of XAMPP, the only thing I've added to php.ini (at xampp/php/php.ini) is:

zend_extension_ts = "C:\xampp\php\extensions\php_xdebug.dll"
[xdebug]
xdebug.auto_trace = 1
xdebug.collect_includes = 1
xdebug.collect_params = 1
xdebug.collect_return = 1
xdebug.default_enable = 1
xdebug.extended_info = 1
xdebug.show_local_vars = 0
xdebug.show_mem_delta = 1
xdebug.trace_format = 1
xdebug.trace_options = 0
xdebug.trace_output_dir ="C:\xampp\tmp"

xdebug.remote_enable=1
xdebug.remote_mode="req"
xdebug.remote_host=127.0.0.1
xdebug.remote_port=17869
xdebug.idekey=<idekey>

xdebug.remote_handler="gdb"
xdebug.auto_profile = 1
xdebug.auto_profile_mode = 2
xdebug.output_dir = "C:\xampp\tmp"

xdebug.dump.SERVER = REMOTE_ADDR,REQUEST_METHOD

(this is only one of many different configs I've tried)

But try as I might, XDebug just will not connect to anything. I've tried Netbeans and Debugclient.exe (in xampp/php/debugclient.exe). They both just sit and wait forever.

How do I get XDebug to work?

Best Answer

My case was quite annoying. Everything was right except for one unexpected thing. The config line

zend_extension = \xampp\php\ext\php_xdebug-2.2.5-5.5-vc11.dll

generated by the XDebug website is wrong. I had to change to

zend_extension = php_xdebug-2.2.5-5.5-vc11.dll

Hope it may save some time if anyone has the same problem as me in the future

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Xdebug + XAMPP + Netbeans = fail. Cannot get debugger to work in Netbeans

Can you believe it!? After spending literally HOURS researching this problem, I finally found the cause which I can only classify as a bug. Now, how do I report a bug? That's the next question.

Here's a summary:

create PHP project and setup NetBeans project site root to subfolder. (In order to not register for Apache new test site for any new task I put every new task into subfolder under my local test domain, e.g. http://test.my/project3/ ). NetBeans will not start debugging session automatically in this case. You will see a ‘waiting for connection’ message from the image below. Do not worry. Left it as it is. Go to your browser. I use FireFox 4. And call the script you wish to debug with additional parameter, e.g. http://test.my/project3/index.php?XDEBUG_SESSION_START=netbeans-xdebug

When you return to NetBeans you will see that connection with xdebug is established successfully. To stop XDebug session manually call any script from the same subdirectory with this parameter ?XDEBUG_SESSION_STOP_NO_EXEC=netbeans-xdebug

The complete solution can be found on my newest hero's blog NetBeans 7.0 for PHP Waiting for Connection to XDebug

Edit: Know what I just discovered? I removed index.php as the index file of my run configuration. Works like a charm without having to manually insert the xdebug section of the url.

Settings up xdebug on MAMP PRO

Since release of MAMP 2.01 XDebug is already included.

Solved. Here's the tutorial that helped me:

Start MAMP
Edit php.ini template file through MAMP to enable the extension. Edit the template file via File -> Edit Template -> PHP -> PHP php.ini

Edit bottom of php.ini template file so that it ends up looking like if you want profile output

[xdebug]
zend_extension="/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.3.6/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/xdebug.so"
xdebug.profiler_enable = 1
xdebug.profiler_output_dir = "/tmp"
; DONT REMOVE: MAMP PRO php5.3.6.ini template compatibility version: 1

If you don’t want profile output and just want xdebug running then use

[xdebug]
zend_extension="/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.3.6/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/xdebug.so"
xdebug.profiler_enable = 0
xdebug.profiler_output_dir = "/tmp"
; DONT REMOVE: MAMP PRO php5.3.6.ini template compatibility version: 1

Now when you have errors, if they are sent to standard out, you will see something like this

My php.ini file:

edited php.ini file to run xdebug on mamp mac osx

Save edited template and close edit window
Restart MAMP
Open MAMP’s WebStart page and navigate to PHPInfo tab. Check to make sure that Xdebug is running. Doing a search in the browser window for “Xdebug” makes this easy.
If you used the same settings that I have above, when you run PHP code, Xdebug will put the cachegrind.out files in your ‘/tmp’ directory. Open your ‘/temp’ directory and run one of your PHP files to make sure it is working correctly. You can open the ‘/tmp’ directory in finder by opening the terminal and running
```
open /tmp
```
Now you can use any app that understands those cachegrind.out files to view the profile data. Apps like KCacheGrind (Linux/Windows, KDE), WinCacheGrind (Windows), xdebugtoolkit, and Webgrind. I went the simple route and used webgrind. Webgrind is a simple web based application that you can run locally on MAMP and it will look for the cachegrind.out files automatically with just one click. Continue for steps on setting up with webgrind.
Download Webgrind
Setup Webgrind host on MAMP to run Webgrind
Visit webgrind url setup on your local MAMP installation. Mine was simply webgrind/
If you already have cachegrind output files you should be able to select the file in the “Auto (newest)” dropdown or leave it select at Auto and click update which will reveal the profile data
Throw a celebratory fist pump

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Settings up xdebug on MAMP PRO

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