php -v command output includes information about installed XDebug version: $ php -v PHP 5.6.13-1+deb.sury.org~trusty+3 (cli) Copyright (c) 1997-2015 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.6.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2015 Zend Technologies with Zend OPcache v7.0.6-dev, Copyright (c) 1999-2015, by Zend Technologies with Xdebug v2.3.2, Copyright (c) 2002-2015, by Derick Rethans or $ php -v | grep … Read more
I’ve found a more modern and easier solution partially based on CrasyCoder’s post. The steps you need to do are the following: If your brand new php installation doesn’t contain php.ini, rename the php.ini-development to php.ini Install xdebug with help of the wizard: http://xdebug.org/wizard.php Follow its recommendations literally. Put in your php.ini the string: xdebug.remote_enable=1 … Read more
// Working as of 2023 As homebrew removed the extra php repository containing a version with xdebug already installed, you have to install it manually. Summary brew install <php version> for php update your path pecl install xdebug for xdebug Full step-by-step example # update homebrew brew update # install a version of php, e.g. … Read more
In my case this was caused by having xdebug.remote_autostart = 1 set in php.ini. That causes xdebug to try to connect to remote debugger on every request. I had some PHP handled styles, auto_preppend_file and other PHP files in the request and for each of them it waited approximately 2secs, which added up to sth. … Read more