Install Xdebug In Ubuntu

Hi friends, here I would like to explain how to install Xdebug in ubuntu 12.04 . By following list of commands we will installing Xdebug.

What is Xdebug:

Xdebug is a PHP extension which provides debugging and profiling capabilities. It uses the DBGp debugging protocol.

The debug information that Xdebug can provide includes the following:

• stack and function traces in error messages with:
  • full parameter display for user defined functions
  • function name, file name and line indications
  • support for member functions
• memory allocation
• protection for infinite recursions

Xdebug also provides:

• profiling information for PHP scripts
• code coverage analysis
• capabilities to debug your scripts interactively with a debugger front-end.

Above text about Xdebug by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xdebug

List of commands

Command 1:

sudo apt-get install php5-xdebug

Command 2:

sudo find / -name ‘xdebug.so’

Outout

/usr/lib/php5/20090626/xdebug.so

Command 3:

sudo gedit /etc/php5/cli/conf.d/xdebug.ini

Command 4:

There we have already :

zend_extension=/usr/lib/php5/20090626/xdebug.so

Add the below lines

xdebug.remote_enable=1

xdebug.remote_handler=dbgp

xdebug.remote_mode=req

xdebug.remote_host=127.0.0.1

xdebug.remote_port=9000

Command 5:

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart