How to install Xdebug into PHP in under 3 minutes

[GutscheinNr18]

I doesn't work with PHP 5.3 for me. I installed PHP 5.2 and it works. The best you can do is go on this page: xdebug.org/find-binary.php and follow the instructions.

[undermaverick]

Thanks.. Great article.. Finally someone has put a concise video of this...

[thunderpeel2001]

You shouldn't be doing "forward slashes", you're thinking of httd.conf. You don't need to do that in php.ini.

[sonoramike]

@thunderpeel2001 - I've always used fwd slashes for php.ini, even on a windows box. The only difference that I find is in the pathing delimiters -- ; for windows, and : for *nix. In the end there are only 2 possible options, so if the fwd slashes are not working for you then you can go to the backs. Thanks for the comment, hope the video helped.

[islamLoverable]

Hello,

Nice job

integeration of Xdebug into NetBeans needed,i just downloaded NetBeans...

[sonoramike]

@islamLoverable Thanks, I've had the best intentions but have not made time to date, I'll try to get something knocked out this week showing how to make NetBeans sing. Stay tuned

[dewinsmg]

best download BeeWit IDE and install, it have apache + php + xdebug

[JLittle2]

Great instructions! I was looking for a demo to see how xdebug works and your video came up first. I'm so glad I looked at it before I tried to install.

[sonoramike]

@JLittle2 Glad it worked for you, hoping to do a few more showing how to integrate Xdebug into NetBeans, Eclipse, Notepad++, etc. Anyway, thanks for checking the video out and leaving the nice comment.

[luckyvidoes]

hey bro! How can I not write you a comment when you have such an excellent presentation.

Let me be the first one to comment on your video. Great job and very helpful!!!

Cheers and by the way... I also do produce videos just like you do. Hope you will like my presentation as well.

Have a nice day!

[elimc184]

After tweaking around I got it to work with WAMP. Insert this into your code and make sure you completely restart WAMPSERVER or it won't work! Also, a picture won't show, you have to scroll to the xdebug section in phpinfo which is towards the bottom of the page:

[xdebug]

zend_extension = "c:/wamp/bin/php/php5.3.0/ext/­php_xdebug-2.1.0-5.3-vc6.dll"

xdebug.remote_enable=1

xdebug.remote_handler=dbgp

xdebug.remote_host=127.0.0.1

xdebug.remote_port=9000

[elimc184]

Doesn't work.

[DocumentationPlanet]

Here is a rather advanced trick with XDebug, SSHFS and Eclipse that enables you to do remote debugging of live sites on your production server: youtube.com/watch?v=4ZLugxWEEw­E

[IsisPrince]

Hello Mike. I was trying to reply to your comment, and I think it thumbed down your post. I can't fix it! New youtube format isn't good. Anyway...

I think your video needs one edit. The docs for xdebug say:

"From PHP 5.3 onwards, you always need to use zend_extension and not zend_extension_ts"

I thought that you should be aware of this seeing as your video is so new. I don't particularly like PHP 5.3, but there you have it. Hope this helps somebody. Thanks for contributing!

[pitaro920]

Thanks, this was helpful!

[sonoramike]

please feel free to add a comment and let me know if the video helped you or not