Installing Xdebug on Ubuntu

Install Xdebug

sudo apt-get install php5-xdebug

Update xdebug.ini

Now we need to update the xdebug.ini file. Use the following command to open the file with gedit:

sudo gedit /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/xdebug.ini

Change the file so it looks like this:

; configuration for php xdebug module

zend_extension=”/usr/lib/php5/20090626/xdebug.so”

xdebug.remote_enable=1

xdebug.remote_handler=dbgp

xdebug.remote_mode=req

xdebug.remote_host=127.0.0.1

xdebug.remote_port=9000

Restart Apache

All left to do now is restart Apache with the following command:

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Now you can check if all is OK with phpinfo(). You should see the following text:

This program makes use of the Zend Scripting Language Engine:

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