[xdebug-general] Re: Cannot install Xdebug with Tailored Instructions on Mac Os X

On Sat, 28 Jan 2012, Roberto Trama wrote:

> Hello Derick,
> Thank you for your help. You can find the output here:
> http://pastebin.com/9cwJbu48
>
> In order to paste the output I run the commands again and tried again to
> install Xdebug in XAMPP without success.

Hmm, I expect that it has to do with a compiler issue. Perhaps 32bit vs
64bit compiles or something. I don't have a mac so can't really test
that myself though.

> For now, I have bypassed the problem by downloading and installing MAMP, which
> has Xdebug already installed inside its distribution, so for me this is not an
> urgent issue anymore. Anyway, if you want to investigate further this issue,
> in case other XAMPP users may get the same problem, let me know what to try
> and I will inform you about the result. What I may guess is that for any
> reason my iMac does not produce a valid library, so the Zend engine simply
> skips it when loading.
>
> Let me just add a note about the Tailored Instructions: I have tested there
> the phpinfo() file of my new MAMP installation to check if Xdebug was detected
> and the output was a bit strange, in the sense that your script reported that
> Xdebug was installed but it listed anyway the download and installation
> instructions to follow. Wouldn't be the case to not show them when Xdebug is
> already installed?

That was probably because you don't have the latest version installed.

cheers,
Derick

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