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Dwix
Dwix

Reputation: 1257

XDebug configuration missing from php.ini in XAMPP

I've just installed the latest XAMPP for PHP 5.6 from the official website, and I need to enable Xdebug, I find that the file php_xdebug.dll exists in the C:\xampp\php\ext , but there is no [XDebug] config at all in the php.ini and I have no idea how to make it work. It should be installed by default and pre-configured, we need just to uncomment the xdebug config in php.ini but it's not the case. I even tried to install it again using PECL commmand pecl install xdebug but I get the following error :

pecl install xdebug
downloading xdebug-2.5.0.tgz ...
Starting to download xdebug-2.5.0.tgz (267,640 bytes)
.........done: 267,640 bytes
ERROR: failed to mkdir C:\php\pear\docs\xdebug\contrib

And in PHPStorm when I choose to add the interpreter by selecting the php.exe in the XAMPP directory, it says Debugger : Not installed too.

I re-installed XAMPP, but I still have the same problem. Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 9

Views: 27580

Answers (4)

Prabodha
Prabodha

Reputation: 11

First copy your phpinfor() content form. paste the [xdebug wizard][1] [1]: https://xdebug.org/wizard. then download the xdebug.dll. after that follow this steps

  • Remove the exists php_xdebug.dill and paste the xampp\php\ext\php_xdebug.dll

  • update the php.ini like this

    [Xdebug] zend_extension = "C:\xampp\php\ext\php_xdebug.dll" xdebug.remote_enable=1 debug.remote_autostart=true

Upvotes: 1

sasipanakal
sasipanakal

Reputation: 1

I found a solution for xdebug not working even after xdebug has been installed in NetBeans +xampp here. The idea is you have to use all the settings for php.ini mentioned here and not just the usual ones mentioned in forums.

Upvotes: 0

arunjos007
arunjos007

Reputation: 4375

For more details, you can find a tutorial that explains step by step procedure php-debugging-with-xdebug-atom-and-xampp

As per this tutorial please follow these steps its works like a charm:

Steps to Install Xdebug:

  1. Download xdebug-2.4.0.tgz

  2. Unpack the downloaded file

    # navigate to the downloaded file
$ cd ~/Downloads

$ tar -xvzf xdebug-2.4.0.tgz
$ cd xdebug-2.4.0

  3. run phpize

    $ phpize

# example output
Configuring for:
PHP Api Version:         20131106
Zend Module Api No:      20131226
Zend Extension Api No:   220131226

#Error possibilty
Cannot find autoconf. Please check your autoconf installation and the
$PHP_AUTOCONF environment variable. Then, rerun this script.

#In the above error case you need to install autoconf using below command(MAC) and rerun phpize
$ brew install autoconf

    The phpsize command is used to prepare the build environment for a PHP extension.

  4. Configure it by run:

    $ ./configure

  5. run make

    $ make

A successful install will have created xdebug.so file.

Steps to Configure Xdebug:

A successful install will have created xdebug.so and put it into the PHP extensions directory.

  1. You must copy this file to XAMPP php extension directory for that run:-

    $ sudo cp modules/xdebug.so /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20160303

  2. Finally update /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/etc/php.ini and add the following lines to it

    [Xdebug]
zend_extension = /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20160303/xdebug.so
xdebug.remote_enable=1
xdebug.remote_connect_back=On
xdebug.remote_port="9000"
xdebug.profiler_enable=0
xdebug.remote_handler=dbgp
xdebug.remote_mode=req
xdebug.remote_autostart=true
  3. Restart Apache using XAMPP’s manager-osx

Congratz! You have completed!! To verify you successfully installed & configured XDebug, open the XAMPP phpinfo.php file in a web browser, for example, http://localhost/dashboard/phpinfo.php.

  • Search for XDebug section in PHPInfo details. If it exists, you successfully have done your installation OR
  • In another browser window or tab, open https://xdebug.org/wizard.php and copy the phpinfo.php page content in the first window or tab and paste it into the textbox on the xdebug.org page. Then submit for analysis, it will give a summary of your installation status.

Upvotes: 8

Tomáš Fejfar
Tomáš Fejfar

Reputation: 11217

Safest was is to use XDebug wizard that will give you step by step instructions on how to install on your own machine. Then update your php.ini (tune to your needs)

Note: Wizard will give you instructions for what SAPI it receives phpinfo() contents from. So if you fill CLI phpinfo() output you will get instructions for your PHP CLI. If you paste phpinfo() from a server page you will get instructions for that.

Upvotes: 4

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