Debugger and Profiler Tool for PHP (original) (raw)
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Xdebug is an extension for PHP, and provides a range of features to improve the PHP development experience.
A way to step through your code in your IDE or editor while the script is executing.
Improvements to PHP's error reporting
An improved [var_dump()](/docs/develop#display) function, stack traces for Notices, Warnings, Errors and Exceptions to highlight the code path to the error
Writes every function call, with arguments and invocation location to disk. Optionally also includes every variable assignment and return value for each function.
Allows you, with the help of visualisation tools, to analyse the performance of your PHP application and find bottlenecks.
To show which parts of your code base are executed when running unit tests with PHPUnit.
Xdebug Cloud is a Proxy-as-a-Service, which can help you with complexities with regards to networking. A common use case is having multiple developers, who share a common development server on private network, while working in a remote location.
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