PHP-debug Manual for vs code.

Windows

1. Install Xampp and copy PHP.info page.

2. Go to https://xdebug.org/wizard and paste the PHPinfo (of your local computer) content in the textarea.

3. Press the button analyze.

4. Download php_xdebug-2.7.2-7.3-vc15-x86_64.dll and copy it into xampp/php/ext

5. Add the following content to php.ini file

   [XDebug]
   xdebug.mode = debug
   xdebug.start_with_request = yes
   xdebug.client_port = 9000
   zend_extension = "C:\xampp\php\ext\php_xdebug-2.7.2-7.3-vc15-x86_64 .dll"

6. Restart Apache service.

7. Add the following content to settings.json in vs code.

   "php.validate.executablePath": "c:\\xampp\\php\\php.exe"

8. Install PHP debug extension. (Go to extensions tab in vs-code)

9. Add launch.json in vs code.

Ubuntu (linux)

Add xdebug configuration in both /opt/lampp/etc/php.ini and /etc/php/{version}/cli/php.ini

Additional Points

Add this to ignore vendor files in launch.json

"ignore": [
    "**/vendor/**/*.php"
]