Xdebug is a must-have extension for PHP, although sometimes you need to toggle it to make things faster.
xDebugToggler.app for macOS allows you simply toggle xDebug on
and off
.
You can also restart the system some services while toggling like PHP
, Nginx
, MySQL
that you can choose on the application settings.
If you just work on CLI
scripts like testing
, you shouldn't need to restart any system service.
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Using Homebrew Cask:
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brew tap deligoez/cask brew install --cask xdebug-toggler
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Manual:
- Download the latest dmg, open, and drag the app to the Applications folder.
You should have an ext-xdebug.ini
file on your local PHP
config path like /usr/local/etc/php/7.4/conf.d/ext-xdebug.ini
If you defined your xDebug extension directly on the php.ini
file, you should remove this line and add an ext-debug.ini
file on the conf.d
folder.
An example ext-xdebug.ini
file can look like that:
[xdebug]
zend_extension="/usr/local/opt/php/pecl/20190902/xdebug.so"
You can also set extra options for your choosen IDE like so:
[xdebug]
zend_extension="/usr/local/opt/php/pecl/20190902/xdebug.so"
xdebug.remote_autostart=1
xdebug.default_enable=1
xdebug.remote_port=9000
xdebug.remote_host=127.0.0.1
xdebug.remote_connect_back=1
xdebug.remote_enable=1
xdebug.idekey=PHPSTORM
xdebug.file_link_format=phpstorm://open?%f:%l
Right-click the app's icon on the status bar and choose Settings...
xDebugToggler simply renames the ext-xdebug.ini
file to ext-xdebug.ini.disabled
While restarting services xDebugToggler app uses brew restart service
command in the background.
After the first start, you may need to allow the app to open from Security & Privacy
preferences.
If you see a warning that the app can't be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software. You can do the following:
- Locate the app on your
/Applications
folder and right click on it.
- Click the
Open
while pressing theOption/Alt
Key on the keyboard.
- After that, you will be able to see and click the
Open
button.
macOS 10.14+
Please see CHANGELOG.md for more information on what has changed recently.
Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
For full information and description of our security policy please visit SECURITY.md
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