[xdebug-general] Re: xdebug

From: Richard Dunne <richarddunnebsc[@]gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 17:42:43 +0000

I've started a debug session in the browser, reloaded the page, Switch to
PhpStorm; you'll see the *Incoming Connection From Xdebug* dialogue. That
didn't happen.

On Mon, 19 Mar 2018 at 16:46 Marco "Debo" De Bortoli <
marco.debo.debortoli[@]gmail.com> wrote:

> I use neither. As I explained to you, you have to use the xdebug helper of
> your browser and put PhpStorm in listening mode. Look at this zero
> configuration blog post from JetBrains
>
>
> https://blog.jetbrains.com/webide/2011/02/zero-configuration-debugging-with-xdebug-and-phpstorm-2-0/
>
> Please let me know if that works.
>
> Debo
>
> On 19 March 2018 at 16:12, Richard Dunne <richarddunnebsc[@]gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm currently using PhpStorm. I want to debug code after submitting a
>> form. There are three options, Run, Debug and Run with Coverage. Which is
>> the correct option to use?
>>
>> On Mon, 19 Mar 2018 at 16:02 Richard Dunne <richarddunnebsc[@]gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> After adding zend_extension =
>>> c:\wamp64\bin\php\php7.1.9\ext\php_xdebug-2.6.0-7.1-vc14-x86_64.dll
>>> to
>>> C:\wamp64\bin\apache\apache2.4.27\bin\php.ini
>>> xdebug now appears in phpinfo.
>>>
>>> On Mon, 19 Mar 2018 at 14:51 Richard Dunne <richarddunnebsc[@]gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The odd thing is it was in phpinfo when I was using VSC. I've been
>>>> trying PhpStorm today. According to the install instructions
>>>> zend_extension=<full_path_to_xdebug_extension>
>>>> xdebug.remote_enable=1
>>>> xdebug.remote_host=<the host where PhpStorm is running (e.g. localhost)>
>>>> xdebug.remote_port=<the port to which Xdebug tries to connect on the
>>>> host where PhpStorm is running (default 9000)>
>>>>
>>>> zend_extension =
>>>> "c:\wamp64\bin\php\php7.1.9\ext\php_xdebug-2.6.0-7.2-vc15-x86_64.dll"
>>>> xdebug.remote_enable = 1
>>>> xdebug.remote_host=localhost
>>>> xdebug.remote_port=9000
>>>>
>>>> C:\wamp64\bin\php\php7.1.9>php -v
>>>> PHP 7.1.9 (cli) (built: Aug 30 2017 18:34:46) ( ZTS MSVC14 (Visual C++
>>>> 2015) x64 )
>>>> Copyright (c) 1997-2017 The PHP Group
>>>> Zend Engine v3.1.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2017 Zend Technologies
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, 19 Mar 2018 at 14:37 Marco "Debo" De Bortoli <
>>>> marco.debo.debortoli[@]gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> But that would explain why the debugging is not working... if xdebug
>>>>> doesn't appear it means it's not loaded.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 19 March 2018 at 14:03, Richard Dunne <richarddunnebsc[@]gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> These are the settings in the .ini
>>>>>>
>>>>>> zend_extension =
>>>>>> "c:\wamp64\bin\php\php7.1.9\ext\php_xdebug-2.6.0-7.1-vc14-x86_64.dll"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> xdebug.remote_enable = 1
>>>>>> xdebug.remote_autostart = 0
>>>>>> xdebug.remote_log = "c:/wamp64/php/php7.1.9/xdebug.log"
>>>>>> xdebug.remote_connect_back=0
>>>>>> xdebug.remote_host=127.0.0.1
>>>>>> xdebug.remote_port=9000
>>>>>> xdebug.profiler_enable = off
>>>>>> xdebug.profiler_enable_trigger = Off
>>>>>> xdebug.profiler_output_name = cachegrind.out.%t.%p
>>>>>> xdebug.profiler_output_dir ="c:/wamp64/tmp"
>>>>>> xdebug.show_local_vars=0
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I restarted wampserver, I just noticed that xdebug does not appear in
>>>>>> phpinfo. That's not helpful.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, 19 Mar 2018 at 12:27 Marco "Debo" De Bortoli <
>>>>>> marco.debo.debortoli[@]gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Did you also do the other things I mentioned?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 19 March 2018 at 12:19, Richard Dunne <richarddunnebsc[@]gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes, XDebug is installed and loaded.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, 19 Mar 2018 at 12:11 Marco "Debo" De Bortoli <
>>>>>>>> marco.debo.debortoli[@]gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Richard,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> sorry my bad, I should have specified that I'm using OSX hence the
>>>>>>>>> .so instead of the .dll.
>>>>>>>>> What about the remote host address, although it shouldn't be
>>>>>>>>> needed with phpstorm in listening mode?Did you verified that xdebug is
>>>>>>>>> loaded?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 19 March 2018 at 12:07, Richard Dunne <
>>>>>>>>> richarddunnebsc[@]gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> zend_extension=/usr/lib64/php/5.6/modules/xdebug.so
>>>>>>>>>> The ini file only uses .dll or so I thought. In any case, I don't
>>>>>>>>>> have xdebug.so in the ini if that's where its supposed to be.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 19 Mar 2018 at 11:19 Marco "Debo" De Bortoli <
>>>>>>>>>> marco.debo.debortoli[@]gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Richard,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I'm not sure why is not working for you but I can notice few
>>>>>>>>>>> differences in you .ini configuration compared to the one I usually use
>>>>>>>>>>> myself. You can find it here
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://gist.github.com/debo/b6d212cdb759269de929>.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Also, apologies if I'm asking something that you already
>>>>>>>>>>> mentioned but, did you ensure that the xdebug is actually loaded and active?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> In terms of how to debug, I usually use PhpStorm, I do activate
>>>>>>>>>>> the listening mode which the telephone shaped icon, then activate the
>>>>>>>>>>> xdebug helper in the browser in the page I want to debug and then start
>>>>>>>>>>> interacting with the page itself; also don't forget to add breakpoints or
>>>>>>>>>>> the debugger won't stop unless you tell it to stop on the first line.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I hope it helps.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Debo
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 19 March 2018 at 11:08, Richard Dunne <
>>>>>>>>>>> richarddunnebsc[@]gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I installed PhpStorm for comparison. PhpStorm opens the
>>>>>>>>>>>> current script in a web browser for user input. VSC doesn't do that. I'm
>>>>>>>>>>>> still trying to figure out why XDebug isn't engaging when the form is
>>>>>>>>>>>> submitted in Listen for XDebug config and XDebug Helper is engaged and in
>>>>>>>>>>>> debug mode.
>>>>>>>>>>>> These are the settings I have
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> launch.json
>>>>>>>>>>>> "version": "0.2.0",
>>>>>>>>>>>> "configurations": [
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> {
>>>>>>>>>>>> "name": "Listen for XDebug",
>>>>>>>>>>>> "type": "php",
>>>>>>>>>>>> "request": "launch",
>>>>>>>>>>>> "port": 9000
>>>>>>>>>>>> },
>>>>>>>>>>>> {
>>>>>>>>>>>> "name": "Launch currently open script",
>>>>>>>>>>>> "type": "php",
>>>>>>>>>>>> "request": "launch",
>>>>>>>>>>>> "program": "${file}",
>>>>>>>>>>>> "cwd": "${fileDirname}",
>>>>>>>>>>>> "port": 9000
>>>>>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>>>>>> ]
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> settings.json user settings
>>>>>>>>>>>> "php.validate.executablePath":
>>>>>>>>>>>> "C:/wamp64/bin/php/php7.1.9/php.exe",
>>>>>>>>>>>> "php.executablePath": "C:/wamp64/bin/php/php7.1.9/php.exe",
>>>>>>>>>>>> "workbench.startupEditor": "newUntitledFile",
>>>>>>>>>>>> "files.autoSave": "onWindowChange",
>>>>>>>>>>>> "workbench.editor.enablePreview": false,
>>>>>>>>>>>> "git.ignoreMissingGitWarning": true
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> phpForApache.ini
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> [xdebug]
>>>>>>>>>>>> zend_extension =
>>>>>>>>>>>> "c:\wamp64\bin\php\php7.1.9\ext\php_xdebug-2.6.0-7.1-vc14-x86_64.dll"
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> xdebug.remote_enable = On
>>>>>>>>>>>> xdebug.remote_autostart = 1
>>>>>>>>>>>> xdebug.remote_log = "c:/wamp64/php/php7.1.9/xdebug.log"
>>>>>>>>>>>> xdebug.profiler_enable = off
>>>>>>>>>>>> xdebug.profiler_enable_trigger = Off
>>>>>>>>>>>> xdebug.profiler_output_name = cachegrind.out.%t.%p
>>>>>>>>>>>> xdebug.profiler_output_dir ="c:/wamp64/tmp"
>>>>>>>>>>>> xdebug.show_local_vars=0
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Is there anything missing?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 at 21:06 Richard Dunne <
>>>>>>>>>>>> richarddunnebsc[@]gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I changed the log location to include the filename, but still
>>>>>>>>>>>>> no joy, log not created. Th documentation on XDebug is very limited
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 at 19:57 Spencer Williams IV <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> enderandpeter[@]yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sunday, March 18, 2018, 1:31:50 PM MDT, Richard Dunne <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> richarddunnebsc[@]gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have set a path for xdebug.remote_log,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> xdebug.remote_log = "c:/wamp64/php/php7.1.9"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I started XDebug in Visual Studio Code with Listen for XDebug
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> config, then I enabled debugging in the browser(XDebug
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Helper), then selected Debug.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Submitted the form with the hope that XDebug would do its
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> thing. The code executed, but the debugger didn't do anything, such as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> create a log.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 at 16:52 Spencer Williams IV <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> enderandpeter[@]yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sunday, March 18, 2018, 9:38:46 AM MDT, Richard Dunne <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> richarddunnebsc[@]gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm familiar with code breakpoints, not the form handler. Is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> there any documentation on that?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 at 07:58 Tim Hawkins <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tim.thawkins[@]gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You need to set a breakpoint on your form handler with your
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ide.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 18, 2018, 10:52 Richard Dunne <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> richarddunnebsc[@]gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> These are the ini settings
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> zend_extension =
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "c:\wamp64\bin\php\php7.1.9\ext\php_xdebug-2.6.0-7.1-vc14-x86_64.dll"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> xdebug.remote_enable = On
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> xdebug.remote_autostart = 1
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> xdebug.remote_log = "c:/wamp64/php/php7.1.9"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> xdebug.profiler_enable = off
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> xdebug.profiler_enable_trigger = Off
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> xdebug.profiler_output_name = cachegrind.out.%t.%p
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> xdebug.profiler_output_dir ="c:/wamp64/tmp"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> xdebug.show_local_vars=0
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "There are handful of nice browser plugins out there where
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you can enable the sending of the appropriate data to trigger the Xdebug
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> session"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is new information. I thought once the debugger was set
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to Listen for Xdebug, that's all that was required. I added XDebug Helper
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to Chrome. Does it required any config within Visual Studio Code or
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> php.ini? Does XDebug Helper engage XDebug when a form is submitted?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 at 21:49 Spencer Williams <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> enderandpeter[@]yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/16/2018 12:34 PM, Richard Dunne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> How do I get XDebug to start debugging when I submit a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> form?. I start the debugger, Step buttons are inactive and nothing happens
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> when I submit a form. Are there any tutorials for this?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Richard Dunne B.Sc.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Did you get it working? What xdebug INI settings have you
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> set? Make sure to at least enable xdebug.remote_enable. Is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the web server running directly on the host machine? Or in a VM of some
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> kind? If the latter is the case, then you'll want to make sure
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> xdebug.remote_host is set appropriately, as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> xdebug.remote_connect_back might not get the appropriate
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> hostname/IP automatically.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Also, you can either set xdebug.remote_autostart or make
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sure you set a request variable or cookie of the expected
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> name and value
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://xdebug.org/docs/remote#browser_session> when
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> submitting the form. There are handful of nice browser plugins out there
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> where you can enable the sending of the appropriate data to trigger the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Xdebug session. And make sure your IDE is listening for Xdebug responses,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of course. If anything, you can set xdebug.remote_log to try
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to get a better idea of what might be going on.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Let us know how things progress...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --Spencer
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Richard Dunne B.Sc.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Richard Dunne B.Sc.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, if you set xdebug.remote_autostart you won't have to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> send the request data. Try setting xdebug.remote_log to a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> path where it can create a log file. Let us know what it says when you make
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a request to the server. Also what IDE are you using?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --Spencer
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Richard Dunne B.Sc.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Make sure to set xdebug.remote_log to a file path rather
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> than to a directory. So try c:/wamp64/php/php7.1.9/xdebug.log.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sadly I haven't worked with Xdebug in Visual Studio Code yet. Hopefully
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> there are some guides online that will help as well.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --Spencer
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Richard Dunne B.Sc.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Richard Dunne B.Sc.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Richard Dunne B.Sc.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Richard Dunne B.Sc.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Richard Dunne B.Sc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>
>>>> Richard Dunne B.Sc.
>>>>
>>> --
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Richard Dunne B.Sc.
>>>
>> --
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Richard Dunne B.Sc.
>>
>
> --
Sincerely,

Richard Dunne B.Sc.
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