What is Xdebug? It is a tool that can be used to debug and run PHP code. The following editor will introduce to you the Xdebug installation method. The following tutorial is based on Linux and Windows systems.
Q: What is xdebug?
A:xdebug is an open source php debugger, loaded and used as a php module.
I found out last week that the RC (release candidate) version 2 of xdebug was released, so I took it and installed it. I also wrote an installation manual. I hope it will be useful to everyone.
Installation of linux xdebug module and related tools:
Test environment: Ubuntu12.04+PHP 5.3.10
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git clone git://github.com/derickr/xdebug.git
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The path generated here is: /usr/lib/php5/20090626+lfs/xdebug.so
Then change the php.ini file
Add these configuration options of your own choice
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[xdebug]
;Extension file path
zend_extension = /usr/lib/php5/20090626+lfs/xdebug.so
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[Xdebug] zend_extension_ts=”c:/php5/ext/xdebug-2.0.0RC1.dll” xdebug.auto_trace=on xdebug.collect_params=on xdebug.collect_return=on xdebug.trace_output_dir=”c:/Temp/xdebug” xdebug.profiler_enable=on xdebug.profiler_output_dir=”c:/Temp/xdebug” |
Parameter explanation:
zend_extension_ts=”c:/php5/ext/xdebug-2.0.0RC1.dll”
;Load xdebug module. You cannot load it here with extension=xdebug-2.0.0RC1.dll. You must load it with zend. Otherwise, after installation, the xdebug section printed by phpinfo will have a warning message "Must LOADED AS ZEND EXTENSION" (the reason is unknown).
xdebug.auto_trace=on;
;Automatically open the "monitoring function call process" function mode. This function can output the monitoring information of function calls in the form of a file in the directory you specify. The default value of this configuration item is off.
xdebug.collect_params=on;
;Turn on the function of collecting "function parameters". Include the parameter values of the function call in the monitoring information of the function procedure call. The default value of this configuration item is off.
xdebug.collect_return=on
;Turn on the function of collecting "function return values". Include the return value of the function in the monitoring information of the function procedure call. The default value of this configuration item is off.
xdebug.trace_output_dir=”c:/Temp/xdebug”
;Set the path to the output file of function call monitoring information.
xdebug.profiler_enable=on
;Open the performance monitor.
xdebug.profiler_output_dir=”c:/Temp/xdebug”;
;Set the path to the performance monitoring information output file.
There are also some more specific parameter settings, please see: http://www.xdebug.org/docs-settings.php
3. Restart apache
In this way, when running php locally, some debugging information files will be generated in the set directory:
The file name format of the function call process monitoring information file: trace.××××××.xt. This file can be viewed directly, and it contains information such as the running time of the function, parameter values of the function call, return value, file and location, etc. The content format is relatively intuitive.
The file name format of the performance monitoring file is: cachegrind.out.XXXXXXXXXXXX.
This file can also be viewed directly, but the information format is not easy for humans to understand,
So we need the next piece of software.
2. Install wincachegrind
Since the content of the performance monitoring file: cachegrind.out.×××××××× file is not easy to be understood by humans, we need a tool to read it. There is such a software under windows: wincachegrind.
1. Go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/wincachegrind/ to download and install wincachegrind
2. After installation and running, click Tools->options and set your working folder (the value of xdebug.profiler_output_dir in php.ini)
In this way, you can view the information of the performance monitoring file more intuitively.
Another: I don’t know which parameter is not set correctly. All the function call process monitoring information after running PHP on my machine is written in a trace. If you know it, please give me some guidance