How to install XDebug on OSX

As a follow-up on my previous post, this post explains how you can easily install XDebug on your OSX webdevelopment configuration, making your life as a developer a whole lot easier.

1. If you haven’t done it already, read this post.
2. Download the pre-compiled XDebug package from the website of ActiveState.
3. Take the xdebug.so-file and put it in usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/
4. Copy /etc/php.ini.default to /etc/php.ini (if it doesn’t already exist).
5. It could be that the php.ini file is read only. In that case:
   
   chmod +w php.ini

   1	chmod +w php.ini

6. Now edit the php.ini file and add the following at the bottom:
   
   [xdebug] zend_extension=/usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/xdebug.so xdebug.file_link_format="txmt://open?url=file://%f&line=%1" xdebug.remote_enable = On xdebug.remote_autostart = 1

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   [xdebug] zend_extension=/usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/xdebug.so xdebug.file_link_format="txmt://open?url=file://%f&line=%1" xdebug.remote_enable = On xdebug.remote_autostart = 1

7. Restart apache:
   
   apachectl restart

   1	apachectl restart

Done! You can now start debugging your PHP projects with your favorite IDE.