Xdebug is an extension for PHP, and provides a range of features to improve the PHP development experience.
- Step Debugging
- A way to step through your code in your IDE or editor while the script is executing.
- Improvements to PHP's error reporting
- An improved
var_dump()
function, stack traces for Notices, Warnings, Errors and Exceptions to highlight the code path to the error - Tracing
- Writes every function call, with arguments and invocation location to disk. Optionally also includes every variable assignment and return value for each function.
- Profiling
- Allows you, with the help of visualisation tools, to analyse the performance of your PHP application and find bottlenecks.
- Code Coverage Analysis
- To show which parts of your code base are executed when running unit tests with PHPUnit.
Announcements
- 2024-11-28 - Xdebug 3.4.0 is out!
- 2024-10-04 - Xdebug 3.4.0beta1 is out!
- 2024-05-31 - Xdebug 3.4.0alpha1 is out!
- 2024-04-15 - Xdebug 3.3.2 is out!
- 2023-12-14 - Xdebug 3.3.1 is out!
Xdebug is made possible through the generous support of Xdebug's business-tier sponsors:
You can also be listed as a supporter by signing up for a Business package.