Debug

• Install the extension named xdebug for php in visual studio code.
• Download and install xampp or configure docker with PHP 8.1 or later
• Follow the instructions in the xdebug config website https://xdebug.org/wizard OR
• Run the following command to ensure xdebug is correctly installed php -v. If you see the xdebug name there then you are good to go.
• Run php -i in CMD then paste the results on the https://xdebug.org/wizard website
• Download the recommended DLL library
• Move the downloaded file to C:\xampp\php\ext, or where your xampp is installed and rename it to php_xdebug.dll
• Update php.ini and add the line: zend_extension = xdebug
• Once the xdebug has been correctly configure you can press F5 or go to run/start debugging to start debugging.

PHPUnit debug

• Press Ctrl + Shift + D
• Select PHPUnit Debug
• Press the Start button next to run or Press F5

Start without debugging

To to Terminal/Run Task/EZAPI server

First time only

• composer install
• composer dump-autoload
• Duplicate .env.example and rename them with .env and copy the content of example to them.
• If Composer is preferred follow the step above.