PHP

PHP Debugging with Drifter & PHPStorm

As said earlier, the PHP role installs php-xdebug which is configured to try to connect to any listener on the host.

If you are using Chrome and PHPStorm, debugging a script can be done by following these steps:

1. Install the Xdebug helper chrome extension
2. In your browser address bar, click on the little bug and select “Debug”
3. In PHPStorm, open the “Run” menu and select “Start Listen for PHP Debug connection”
4. Reload the page in your browser
5. A dialog should open in PHPStorm to ask you which file you want to debug, choose the entry point of your application