Bash scripts to enable & disable xdebug in FPM/CLI for local development. Inspired by https://medium.com/@kayintveen/easily-enable-and-disable-xdebug-275f7edc5bad

disable-xdebug.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

if ! test -f /etc/php/8.1/fpm/conf.d/20-xdebug.ini && ! test -f /etc/php/8.1/cli/conf.d/20-xdebug.ini; then
    echo "
#
# Xdebug is not enabled
#
";
    /usr/bin/php8.1 -v
    exit
fi

echo "
#
# Disabling Xdebug...
#
";
sudo rm -f /etc/php/8.1/fpm/conf.d/20-xdebug.ini
sudo rm -f /etc/php/8.1/cli/conf.d/20-xdebug.ini
sudo service php8.1-fpm restart
/usr/bin/php8.1 -v

echo "
#
# Remember to execute 'unset XDEBUG_CONFIG' if you are debugging from the command line
#
";

enable-xdebug.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

if test -f /etc/php/8.1/fpm/conf.d/20-xdebug.ini && test -f /etc/php/8.1/cli/conf.d/20-xdebug.ini; then
    echo "
#
# Xdebug is already enabled
#
";
    /usr/bin/php8.1 -v
    exit
fi

echo "
#
# Enabling Xdebug...
#
";
sudo ln -s /etc/php/8.1/mods-available/xdebug.ini /etc/php/8.1/fpm/conf.d/20-xdebug.ini
sudo ln -s /etc/php/8.1/mods-available/xdebug.ini /etc/php/8.1/cli/conf.d/20-xdebug.ini
sudo service php8.1-fpm restart
/usr/bin/php8.1 -v

echo "
#
# Remember to execute 'export XDEBUG_CONFIG=\"idekey=PHPSTORM\"' if you are debugging from the command line
#
";

xdebug.ini

zend_extension=xdebug.so
xdebug.mode=debug
xdebug.remote_enable=0
xdebug.remote_autostart=0
xdebug.profiler_enable=0
xdebug.remote_port=9000
xdebug.max_nesting_level=300
xdebug.start_with_request=yes