xdebug is not working on both mac and windows

[lamouf]

Hi Paul,
I followed the exact steps in the two videos dedicated to xdebug.

• i downloaded the laravel starter zip

• copied .docker.env.example as .docker.env and changed the ip address

• copied .env.example as .env

• created php remote debug configuration in phpstorm

• installed debugger tool addon for browser (chrome)

• ran a container with docker-compose up -d

Xdebug is not working in both mac and windows
Please help.

[paulredmond]

Hi, in order to help you can you share a public GitHub repo with your code?

[lamouf]

Hi, Thanks for you response.
you will find the repo at : https://github.com/lamouf/laravel-xdebug.git

i added few images that can be helpful into readme.md.
Thanks

[paulredmond]

@lamouf looks like it might be the quotes around the IP address:

# Your repo, docker-compose env will include the double quotes as part of the value.
PHP_XDEBUG_REMOTE_HOST="192.168.0.104"

# The correct configuration should be:
PHP_XDEBUG_REMOTE_HOST=192.168.0.104

You might also want to try this on Mac/Windows too:

PHP_XDEBUG_REMOTE_HOST=host.docker.internal

I am on a Mac, but looking at the Windows documentation, the host.docker.internal should work.

[paulredmond]

Verified your repo works for me after adjusting that env value:

[paulredmond]

Here's a visual of debugging the remote host env value included quotes (") inside the app container:

Then after I adjusted them to work for me, here's the value without quotes as PHP INI would expect it:

[paulredmond]

I would also recommend setting PHP_XDEBUG_REMOTE_AUTOSTART=0 when you have schedulers and queues running, and use a browser extension to only start xdebug on the web application.

[lamouf]

Great job Paul,
Thanks a lot for your priceless help. i works like a charm !!
Cheers.