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Installing Xdebug for XAMPP

Installing Xdebug for XAMPP with PHP 7.x

Requirements

Setup

If the file C:\xampp\php\ext\php_xdebug.dll already exists, you can skip the download.

[XDebug]
zend_extension = "c:\xampp\php\ext\php_xdebug.dll"
;zend_extension = "c:\xampp\php\ext\php_xdebug-2.9.7-7.4-vc15-x86_64.dll"
xdebug.remote_autostart = 1
xdebug.profiler_append = 0
xdebug.profiler_enable = 0
xdebug.profiler_enable_trigger = 0
xdebug.profiler_output_dir = "c:\xampp\tmp"
;xdebug.profiler_output_name = "cachegrind.out.%t-%s"
xdebug.remote_enable = 1
xdebug.remote_handler = "dbgp"
xdebug.remote_host = "127.0.0.1"
xdebug.remote_log = "c:\xampp\tmp\xdebug.txt"
xdebug.remote_port = 9000
xdebug.trace_output_dir = "c:\xampp\tmp"
;36000 = 10h
xdebug.remote_cookie_expire_time = 36000
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Start debugger from the console

Enter cmd:

set XDEBUG_CONFIG="idekey=xdebug"
php test.php

Postman

Add XDEBUG_SESSION_START=PHPSTORM as query parameter to the url, e.g.

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amirdora commented Sep 9, 2022

Thank you for adding links here, on PECL doesn't seem to be available for php 7.4.

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zulfirman commented Nov 2, 2023

For Xdebug version 3 use this config in php.ini

[XDebug]
zend_extension = "c:\xampp\php\ext\php_xdebug.dll"
xdebug.mode=debug
xdebug.start_with_request=yes
xdebug.profiler_append = 0
;xdebug.profiler_output_dir = "c:\xampp\tmp"
;xdebug.profiler_output_name = "cachegrind.out.%t-%s"
xdebug.remote_handler = "dbgp"
xdebug.client_host = "127.0.0.1"
xdebug.log = "c:\xampp\tmp\xdebug.txt"
xdebug.client_port = 9000
xdebug.output_dir = "c:\xampp\tmp"
;36000 = 10h
xdebug.remote_cookie_expire_time = 36000

https://xdebug.org/docs/upgrade_guide#changed-xdebug.profiler_enable

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