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2 | 2 | title: PhpStorm |
3 | 3 | --- |
4 | 4 |
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5 | | -PhpStorm has first-class DBGp support: listen for connections and debug with zero extra plugins. |
| 5 | +PhpStorm needs no plugin and no special configuration to work with PHP Debugger. It |
| 6 | +already speaks the protocol, and its defaults already match ours — it listens on |
| 7 | +port `9003`, which is where the debugger connects. |
6 | 8 |
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7 | | -:::note |
8 | | -This page is a work in progress — full documentation is coming soon. |
9 | | -::: |
| 9 | +This page follows the [User Guide](../user-guide/starting-the-debugger.md) section |
| 10 | +by section, saying what each one looks like in PhpStorm. Each links on to |
| 11 | +JetBrains' own documentation, which is the authority on the editor side. |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +## Starting the debugger |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +[Guide: Starting the Debugger](../user-guide/starting-the-debugger.md) |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +There is nothing to start. The debugger is available on every request, so the only |
| 18 | +switch is PhpStorm's: **Run | Start Listening for PHP Debug Connections**, or the |
| 19 | +telephone icon in the toolbar. Turn it on when you want to debug and off when you |
| 20 | +are finished. |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +This is what JetBrains call zero-configuration debugging, and it is the mode to |
| 23 | +use — you do not need a run configuration, a server entry, or a browser extension |
| 24 | +to trigger a session. |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +One setting worth knowing about: **Settings | PHP | Debug | Break at first line in |
| 27 | +PHP scripts**. With it on, PhpStorm stops at the first line of every request it |
| 28 | +receives. That is occasionally useful and usually not what you want, especially |
| 29 | +here, where every request arrives. |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +**JetBrains docs:** [Zero-configuration debugging](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/phpstorm/zero-configuration-debugging.html) |
| 32 | +· [Start a PHP debugging session](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/phpstorm/php-debugging-session.html) |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +## Connecting to a client |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +[Guide: Connecting to a Client](../user-guide/connecting-to-a-client.md) |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +PhpStorm's debug port lives at **Settings | PHP | Debug**, and defaults to `9003`. |
| 39 | +If you change it there, change |
| 40 | +[`php_debugger.client_port`](../reference/settings.md#php_debuggerclient_port) to |
| 41 | +match. |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +When your code runs in a container, the other half of the setup is path mapping — |
| 44 | +telling PhpStorm which local directory corresponds to the path the debugger |
| 45 | +reports. That is configured under **Settings | PHP | Servers**, and it is the usual |
| 46 | +reason breakpoints in a container are ignored. |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +Over HTTP that is all you need — PhpStorm matches the connection to a server entry |
| 49 | +by the URL that was requested. On the command line there is no URL to match on, so |
| 50 | +you have to say which entry applies. Set `PHP_IDE_CONFIG` in the environment the |
| 51 | +script runs in, naming the server exactly as it is named in that dialog: |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +```bash |
| 54 | +PHP_IDE_CONFIG="serverName=myapp" |
| 55 | +``` |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +Leaving it out, or misspelling the name, looks exactly like a mapping problem: the |
| 58 | +session connects and the breakpoints are ignored. The |
| 59 | +[Docker](../getting-started/docker.mdx) page sets it alongside the debugger's own |
| 60 | +settings. |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +**JetBrains docs:** [Configure Xdebug](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/phpstorm/configuring-xdebug.html) |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +## Breakpoints |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +[Guide: Breakpoints](../user-guide/breakpoints.md) |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +Click the gutter beside a line to set one. Right-click it for a condition or a hit |
| 69 | +count, and use **Run | View Breakpoints** for the full list, including exception |
| 70 | +breakpoints and breakpoints on a function by name. |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +PhpStorm's **Mute Breakpoints** button disables them all at once without deleting |
| 73 | +them. It is handy mid-session, but muted breakpoints are still breakpoints as far as |
| 74 | +the debugger is concerned — for the overhead to go away they have to be removed. |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +**JetBrains docs:** [Breakpoints](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/phpstorm/using-breakpoints.html) |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +## Step debugging |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +[Guide: Step Debugging](../user-guide/step-debugging.md) |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +The Debug tool window has the four actions the guide describes — Step Into, Step |
| 83 | +Over, Step Out and Resume — plus **Run to Cursor**, which PhpStorm implements as a |
| 84 | +temporary breakpoint just as the guide explains. |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | +When a step seems to skip past something, the cause is usually PhpStorm rather than |
| 87 | +the debugger. Two settings pages decide what it steps into: **Debugger | Stepping**, |
| 88 | +which can skip library scripts and any scripts you list, and **PHP | Debug | Step |
| 89 | +Filters**, which can skip magic methods, constructors and named methods. **Force |
| 90 | +Step Into** ignores both for a single step. |
| 91 | + |
| 92 | +**JetBrains docs:** [Step through the program](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/phpstorm/stepping-through-the-program.html) |
| 93 | + |
| 94 | +## Inspect variables |
| 95 | + |
| 96 | +[Guide: Inspect Variables](../user-guide/inspect-variables.md) |
| 97 | + |
| 98 | +The Debug tool window shows the call stack on one side and variables on the other. |
| 99 | +Selecting a frame in the stack repoints the variables pane at that frame, which is |
| 100 | +the part worth getting into the habit of using. |
| 101 | + |
| 102 | +PhpStorm also shows values inline, greyed out beside the code itself, which often |
| 103 | +saves going to the panel at all. |
| 104 | + |
| 105 | +**JetBrains docs:** [Examine a suspended program](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/phpstorm/examining-suspended-program.html) |
| 106 | + |
| 107 | +## Watches and edits |
| 108 | + |
| 109 | +[Guide: Watches and Edits](../user-guide/watches-and-edits.md) |
| 110 | + |
| 111 | +Watches live in their own pane in the Debug tool window, and **Evaluate Expression** |
| 112 | +handles the one-off case. Both run real PHP in the paused request, so the guide's |
| 113 | +warnings about side effects apply exactly as written. |
| 114 | + |
| 115 | +To change a value, double-click it in the variables pane, or use **Set Value** from |
| 116 | +its context menu. |
| 117 | + |
| 118 | +**JetBrains docs:** [Evaluate expressions](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/phpstorm/evaluating-expressions.html) |
| 119 | + |
| 120 | +## Logging |
| 121 | + |
| 122 | +[Guide: Logging](../user-guide/logging.md) |
| 123 | + |
| 124 | +The Console tab of the Debug tool window carries your script's output, and PHP's |
| 125 | +warnings and notices appear there as the request produces them. Nothing needs |
| 126 | +enabling on our side; PhpStorm asks for both when the session opens. |
| 127 | + |
| 128 | +**JetBrains docs:** [Debug tool window: Console](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/phpstorm/debug-tool-window-console.html) |
| 129 | + |
| 130 | +## Troubleshooting |
| 131 | + |
| 132 | +[Guide: Troubleshooting](../user-guide/troubleshooting.md) |
| 133 | + |
| 134 | +If a session never arrives, check the two things that are PhpStorm's rather than |
| 135 | +ours: that it is actually listening, and that path mappings are right for where the |
| 136 | +code runs. Our [troubleshooting page](../user-guide/troubleshooting.md) covers the |
| 137 | +debugger side, and the debug log at the default level will tell you whether a |
| 138 | +connection was attempted and where to. |
| 139 | + |
| 140 | +**JetBrains docs:** [Troubleshooting PHP debugging](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/phpstorm/troubleshooting-php-debugging.html) |
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