

By default Xdebug initiates the debug session only when it's instructed to, e.g. This option will instruct Xdebug to contact IDE on each request. Optionally you can switch xdebug.start_with_request to yes (in Xdebug 2 it was xdebug.remote_autostart = 1). Zend_extension="C:\Program Files\PHP\v8.1\ext\php_xdebug.dll"Īlter the path to php_xdebug.dll according to your PHP installation and make sure it's an absolute path. Open the php.ini file and make sure the following lines are present: Loaded Configuration File: C:\Program Files\PHP\v8.1\php.ini The command will output similar lines: Configuration File (php.ini) Path: You can locate it by running the following command: php -ini

You will need to edit PHP Configuration file The tool will give you the correct version to download.Ĭopy downloaded binaries into the PHP extensions folder( ext sub-folder of the PHP installation). Copy and paste your phpinfo() function output or output of php -i command. You can use the tool provided by Xdebug developers: Xdebug Wizard. If you already have PHP installed, but missing Xdebug, download binaries directly from XdebugĬhoose the version depending on your PHP version. Adding Xdebug to existing PHP installation XAMPP or WAMPP will install and configure PHP, Xdebug and Apache server. To debug PHP applications with PHP Tools for Visual Studio Code, it is necessary to install and enable Xdebug extension.
