Turn on XDebug only when you need it in Visual Studio Code

Sep 10, 2020 PHP PHPUnit xdebug Visual Studio Code

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I want to do Turn on xdebug only when needed with Visual Studio Code

#Install

Install PHP Debug extension for Visual Studio Code

#Setting launch.json

{
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "configurations": [
    {
      "name": "Listen for XDebug",
      "type": "php",
      "request": "launch",
      "port": 9000
    },
    {
      "name": "Launch currently open script",
      "type": "php",
      "request": "launch",
      "cwd": "$ {fileDirname}",
      "runtimeExecutable": "/ usr / local / bin / php",
      "runtimeArgs": [
        "-d",
        "zend_extension = xdebug.so",
        "-d",
        "xdebug.remote_enable = 1",
        "-d",
        "xdebug.remote_autostart = 1",
        "-d",
        "xdebug.remote_host = localhost",
        "-d",
        "xdebug.remote_port = 9001"
      ],,
      "program": "$ {workspaceRoot} / vendor / bin / phpunit",
      "args": ["$ {file}"],
      "port": 9001,
      "log": false
    }
  ]
}