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--- docs:mac:builds:xdebug [2013/06/13 22:52] – [Xdebug] 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"
 xdebug.remote_enable=1
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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 =====
 xdebug overloads several php functions, so they don't work exactly as they did before.
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 ini_set("xdebug.var_display_max_children", -1);
 </code>