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Hey there,
I'm trying to use XDebug 3 with Homestead (PHP 8) but can't make it work.
Do you know any tutorial / stack overflow topic / whatever?
I have updated the xdbeug config file but yeah that didn't help.
zend_extension=xdebug.so
xdebug.client_port = 9003
xdebug.max_nesting_level = 512
xdebug.mode=debug
xdebug.start_upon_error = true
xdebug.start_with_request = yes
XDebug is loaded, I have checked that via phpino() and also PhpStorm has detected it.
I also had the issue, this works for me:
[xdebug]
zend_extension="xdebug.so"
xdebug.mode=debug
xdebug.start_with_request=yes
xdebug.client_host=localhost
xdebug.remote_handler=dbgp
xdebug.client_port=9000
Also change port to 9000 was required, although PHPStorm had 9000, 9003 setted up
Hey thanks! Copied your settings but it still doesn't work.
I wonder if I forgot something... Did you add a "Run/Debug Configuration" for XDebug in PhpStorm? I think this is no longer necessary?
@sic you will need to restart php on your homestead for settings to take effect.
sudo service php8.0-fpm restart
Did not work for me.
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