Add "Setting up Xdebug" section in PHP docs (#40470)
Sylvain Brunerie
created
The page about PHP in the docs doesn’t explain how to use Xdebug. I had
a lof of trouble setting it up the first time, then recently had another
headache trying to get it to work again, because the value for `adapter`
had changed from `PHP` to `Xdebug`.
It’s likely that my example config isn’t perfect or has redundant stuff
or whatever, feel free to amend it.
I also took the liberty to set the Phpactor and Intelephense headings to
level 3 because I felt like they were part of "Choosing a language
server."
Release Notes:
- N/A
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ The PHP extension offers both `phpactor` and `intelephense` language server supp
`phpactor` is enabled by default.
-## Phpactor
+### Phpactor
The Zed PHP Extension can install `phpactor` automatically but requires `php` to be installed and available in your path:
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ The Zed PHP Extension can install `phpactor` automatically but requires `php` to
which php
```
-## Intelephense
+### Intelephense
[Intelephense](https://intelephense.com/) is a [proprietary](https://github.com/bmewburn/vscode-intelephense/blob/master/LICENSE.txt#L29) language server for PHP operating under a freemium model. Certain features require purchase of a [premium license](https://intelephense.com/).
@@ -60,3 +60,35 @@ To use the premium features, you can place your [licence.txt file](https://intel
Zed supports syntax highlighting for PHPDoc comments.
- Tree-sitter: [claytonrcarter/tree-sitter-phpdoc](https://github.com/claytonrcarter/tree-sitter-phpdoc)
+
+## Setting up Xdebug
+
+Zed’s PHP extension provides a debug adapter for PHP and Xdebug. The adapter name is `Xdebug`. Here a couple ways you can use it:
+
+```json
+[
+ {
+ "label": "PHP: Listen to Xdebug",
+ "adapter": "Xdebug",
+ "request": "launch",
+ "initialize_args": {
+ "port": 9003
+ }
+ },
+ {
+ "label": "PHP: Debug this test",
+ "adapter": "Xdebug",
+ "request": "launch",
+ "program": "vendor/bin/phpunit",
+ "args": ["--filter", "$ZED_SYMBOL"]
+ }
+]
+```
+
+In case you run into issues:
+
+- ensure that you have Xdebug installed for the version of PHP you’re running
+- ensure that Xdebug is configured to run in `debug` mode
+- ensure that Xdebug is actually starting a debugging session
+- check that the host and port matches between Xdebug and Zed
+- look at the diagnostics log by using the `xdebug_info()` function in the page you’re trying to debug