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Create an Alias for your host adress (on your mac)

sudo ifconfig lo0 alias 10.254.254.254

Create a Launch Configuration for VS Code

{
    "name": "Listen for Xdebug",
    "type": "php",
    "request": "launch",
    "port": 9001,
    "pathMappings": {"/var/www/html" : "${workspaceRoot}/wordpress"}
}

Create a php.xdebug.ini file in your project

xdebug.idekey=PHPSTORM
xdebug.mode=debug
xdebug.client_port=9001
xdebug.discover_client_host=1
xdebug.start_with_request=1
xdebug.client_host=10.254.254.254
xdebug.remote_connect_back=0

In Docker-compose, sahre the config file under volumes

volumes:
    - ./config/php.xdebug.ini:/usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/xdebug.ini

In your DockerFile enable xdebug

RUN pecl install xdebug && docker-php-ext-enable xdebug

Inspired of https://devilbox.readthedocs.io/en/latest/intermediate/configure-php-xdebug/macos/vscode.html#prerequisites