Lack of documentation for kdev-xdebug plugin

[santilin]

Yes, I have the motivation to do so.

I guess I should start off at 
https://userbase.kde.org/KDevelop5/Manual/Debugging_programs#Running_a_program_in_the_debugger 
and add a section to debug php applications, and then write about 
kdev-executebrowser and kdev-xdebug and who to set up them.

Is that all right?


On 20/12/17 00:34, Kevin Funk wrote:
> On Tuesday, 19 December 2017 13:00:06 CET santilin wrote:
>> Hi all, I have been striving to debug php with xdebug and the
>> kdev-xdebug plugin for a while and I was to give up when I found a good
>> documentation in the counterpart plugin for code :(.
> Heya!
>
> Thanks a lot for the patience and still going through the necessary setup and
> even then coming back to us notifying us about the lacking documentation.
> Great!
>
> I don't know PHP debugging myself, but it would be super helpful if you could
> put up your notes on the KDE UserBase Wiki for KDevelop:
>    https://userbase.kde.org/KDevelop5/Manual
>
> Probably some extra section specifically for kdev-xdebug would be appropriate,
> like:
>    https://userbase.kde.org/KDevelop5/Manual/Plugins:_Code_Generation
>
> Do you have the time and motivation to do this? That'd be appreciated.
>
> If you need any assistance, just ping us in #kdevelop on Freenode [1]
>
> Regards,
> Kevin
>
> [1] https://www.kdevelop.org/contribute-kdevelop
>
>> I would like to add that information to the kdevelop plugin so that
>> other users can debug without problems. The relevant intormation is:
>>
>>
>> Install XDebug I highly recommend you make a simple test.php file, put a
>> phpinfo(); statement in there, then copy the output and paste it into
>> the XDebug installation wizard. It will analyze it and give you tailored
>> installation instructions for your environment. In short:
>>
>>      On Windows: Download the appropiate precompiled DLL for your PHP
>> version, architecture (64/32 Bit), thread safety (TS/NTS) and Visual
>> Studio compiler version and place it in your PHP extension folder.
>>
>>      On Linux: Either download the source code as a tarball or clone it
>> with git, then compile it.
>>
>> Configure PHP to use XDebug by adding zend_extension=path/to/xdebug to
>> your php.ini. The path of your php.ini is shown in your phpinfo() output
>> under "Loaded Configuration File".
>> Enable remote debugging in your php.ini:
>>
>> [XDebug]
>> xdebug.remote_enable = 1
>> xdebug.remote_autostart = 1
>>
>> There are other ways to tell XDebug to connect to a remote debugger than
>> remote_autostart, like cookies, query parameters or browser extensions.
>> I recommend remote_autostart because it "just works". There are also a
>> variety of other options, like the port (by default 9000), please see
>> the XDebug documentation on remote debugging for more information.
>>
>> If you are doing web development, don't forget to restart your webserver
>> to reload the settings
>>
>> Verify your installation by checking your phpinfo() output for an XDebug
>> section.
>>
>> Kind regards.
>

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