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--- docs:mac:builds:xdebug [2009/11/25 19:16] – billh
+++ docs:mac:builds:xdebug [2014/02/21 16:06] (current) – billh
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 </code>
   * edit php.ini (if php was built as shown on this wiki, edit or create php.ini in /usr/local/lib)<code>
-# set up xdebug
+; set up xdebug
-zend_extension=/usr/local/apache2/modules/xdebug.so
+zend_extension="/usr/local/apache2/modules/xdebug.so"
-xdebug.remote_enable=on
+xdebug.remote_enable=1
-xdebug.remote_handler=dbgp
+xdebug.trace_enable_triger=1
-xdebug.remote_host=localhost
+xdebug.trace_output_dir="/tmp"
-xdebug.remote_port=9000
+xdebug.trace_output_name="trace.%R"
+xdebug.profiler_enable_triger=1
+xdebug.profiler_output_dir="/tmp"
+xdebug.profiler_output_name="cachegrind.out.%R"
+;xdebug.remote_handler=dbgp
+;xdebug.remote_host=localhost
+;xdebug.remote_port=9000
 </code>
-  * restart apache
+  * restart apache: ''sudo /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl -k graceful''
   * view a phpinfo() page to verify that the xdebug module is loaded
+  * for typical debugging, you probably want to get helper extensions in Chrome or Firefox which easily set cookies appropriately for debugging, profiling, and tracing; then connect with something like Vdebug for Vim, or with Netbeans
   * for a simple function call dump in php, use one of these lines:<code php>
 // make sure the web server can write to this directory, or the
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 xdebug.show_mem_delta = On
 </code>
-  * see NetBeans or other client documentation on how to debug
+===== Debugging =====
+  * to debug from command line, start a debugging listener client such as Netbeans or XDebugClient and run like this:<code php>
+php -dxdebug.remote_autostart=On myprogram.php
+</code>
+  * Be sure to download Xdebug Helper extension (Chrome), or The easiest Xdebug (Firefox).  You then start a listening client and refresh any php page on a server with xdebug installed.
+  * for more information, see NetBeans or other client documentation on how to debug
 ===== xdebug gotchas =====
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 ini_set("xdebug.var_display_max_children", -1);
 </code>