Xdebug install and configuration for use with PhpStrom

To enable and configure Xdebug for use with PhpStorm

This was carried out on my Mac, yet to be tested under Linux.

I first installed Xdebug with the information from here as below;

Firstly by;

pecl install xdebug

Then edit php.ini which was here /usr/local/etc/php/7.4/php.ini to include;

[xdebug] zend_extension="/usr/local/php/modules/xdebug.so" xdebug.remote_enable=1

xdebug.remote_port="<the port for Xdebug to listen to>"

php --version then shows as below;

PHP 7.4.9 (cli) (built: Aug  7 2020 19:21:48) ( NTS )

Copyright (c) The PHP Group

Zend Engine v3.4.0, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies

    with Xdebug v2.9.7, Copyright (c) 2002-2020, by Derick Rethans

    with Zend OPcache v7.4.9, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies

Details on the above can also be found here:

https://www.jetbrains.com/help/phpstorm/configuring-xdebug.html#updatingPhpIni

Configure in PHPstorm, again details can be found in the link above.