The default development image is shipped with Xdebug, a popular debugger and profiler for PHP.
Because it has a significant performance overhead, the step-by-step debugger is disabled by default.
It can be enabled by setting the XDEBUG_MODE
environment variable to debug
.
On Linux and Mac:
XDEBUG_MODE=debug docker compose up -d
On Windows:
set XDEBUG_MODE=debug&& docker compose up -d&set XDEBUG_MODE=
First, create a PHP debug remote server configuration:
- In the
Settings/Preferences
dialog, go toPHP | Servers
- Create a new server:
- Host:
localhost
(or the one defined using theSERVER_NAME
environment variable) - Port:
443
- Debugger:
Xdebug
- Check
Use path mappings
- Absolute path on the server:
/srv/app
- Host:
You can now use the debugger!
- In PHPStorm, open the
Run
menu and click onStart Listening for PHP Debug Connections
- Add the
XDEBUG_SESSION=PHPSTORM
query parameter to the URL of the page you want to debug, or use other available triggers
Alternatively, you can use the Xdebug extension for your preferred web browser.
Inspect the installation with the following command. The Xdebug version should be displayed.
$ docker compose exec php php --version
PHP ...
with Xdebug v3.1.2 ...