[xdebug-general] Re: Setting the XDebug Session cookie within a browser.

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007, Dave Kelsey wrote:

> xdebug-general-bounce[@]lists.xdebug.org wrote on 23/10/2007 16:17:41:
>
> > On 23 Oct 2007, at 13:48, Dave Kelsey wrote:
> >
> > > Is it possible to get the cookie sent to the browser as soon as
> > > the script has started executing ? or does this already happen but
> > > IE doesn't store it until the request completes maybe ?
> >
> > I think PHP is to blame here. It usually delays sending of headers
> > until a script has ended, at which point it sends everything in one
> > go. You can force it to flush output using flush(). You might also
> > look into session_write_close(), and the various output buffering
> > options in php.ini. Further upstream, mod_deflate/mod_gzip can also
> > delay output until script completion.
>
> Unfortunately I don't have control over the script being debugged. I
> suspect that xdebug cannot help here either as it probably appends the
> cookie to the current executing php script header response (based on
> the info you provided).

Yes, that's correct... there is nothing else I can really do here.
However, then the _GET parameter is present, Xdebug should still start
the debug session, even though the cookie isn't actually set.

regards,
Derick

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