How can I get XDebug to run with PHPUnit on the CLI?
Solution 1
The xdebug.profiler_enable
setting can't be changed at runtime but only at the start of script.
Running phpunit -d foo=bar
will just lead to phpunit calling ini_set("foo", "bar");
and that doesn't work since the value can't change at runtime.
Enables Xdebug's profiler which creates files in the profile output directory. Those files can be read by KCacheGrind to visualize your data. This setting can not be set in your script with ini_set(). If you want to selectively enable the profiler, please set xdebug.profiler_enable_trigger to 1 instead of using this setting.
Solution:
php -d xdebug.profiler_enable=on /usr/bin/phpunit XYZTestCase.php
By applying the setting directly to the PHP runtime and not phpunit it will be set before the script starts and should work.
Solution 2
Spent ages trying to get this to work. Think this may change my life though!
I originally was trying to do this (i.e. run phpunit) inside a vagrant box but realised it was easier (and faster performance wise) running it outside the vagrant box.
First off I used brew install php55 php55-xdebug
using homebrew on a mac (but your configuration may be different and it should still work). My site is a symfony2 project.
I was trying to follow this: phpunit vagrant xdebug to get it working from inside a vagrant box (almost got there but with some issues).
These settings worked for me (running site from a vagrant box, but phpunit outside vagrant box):
#xdebug.ini (parent machine, not inside vagrant box).
[xdebug]
zend_extension="/usr/local/Cellar/php55-xdebug/2.2.6/xdebug.so" #this will be different on your machine and will probably already be set
xdebug.max_nesting_level = 250
xdebug.default_enable = 1
xdebug.idekey = "PHPSTORM" #seems to work without this too
xdebug.remote_enable = 1
Then running this at the command line (here I am using a download of phpunit instead of the one linked to in /usr/local/bin (which doesn't seem to work))
XDEBUG_CONFIG="idekey=PHPSTORM" bin/phpunit -c app
Or you can create a file called phpunit-debug (to store the XDEBUG_CONFIG environment variable) as outlined here: phpunit xdebug
Solution 3
Did you try to :
- Set your xdebug.idekey in your php.ini to wathever you want (eg: blacktie)
restart your server
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Call you script by adding -d xdebug.idekey=blacktie
phpunit -d xdebug.profiler_enable=on -d xdebug.idekey=blacktie XYZTestCase.php
Hope that help.
Solution 4
The correct name of the setting is xdebug.profiler_enable
with an underscore. Change your command to this:
phpunit -d xdebug.profiler_enable=on XYZTestCase.php
Solution 5
You can run Xdebug from the command line by setting an environment variable beforehand, e.g.:
export XDEBUG_CONFIG="idekey=YOUR_IDE_KEY remote_host=localhost remote_enable=1"
This worked for me.
More information on the Xdebug documentation.
blacktie24
Updated on June 05, 2020Comments
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blacktie24 about 4 years
I've tried running the following CLI command:
phpunit -d xdebug.profiler_enable=on XYZTestCase.php
but it just runs as normal. Can anyone point me in the right direction?? Thx!
Here's the XDebug settings:
xdebug xdebug support => enabled Version => 2.1.2 Supported protocols => Revision DBGp - Common DeBuGger Protocol => $Revision: 1.145 $ Directive => Local Value => Master Value xdebug.auto_trace => Off => Off xdebug.collect_assignments => Off => Off xdebug.collect_includes => On => On xdebug.collect_params => 0 => 0 xdebug.collect_return => Off => Off xdebug.collect_vars => Off => Off xdebug.default_enable => On => On xdebug.dump.COOKIE => no value => no value xdebug.dump.ENV => no value => no value xdebug.dump.FILES => no value => no value xdebug.dump.GET => no value => no value xdebug.dump.POST => no value => no value xdebug.dump.REQUEST => no value => no value xdebug.dump.SERVER => no value => no value xdebug.dump.SESSION => no value => no value xdebug.dump_globals => On => On xdebug.dump_once => On => On xdebug.dump_undefined => Off => Off xdebug.extended_info => On => On xdebug.file_link_format => no value => no value xdebug.idekey => Nam => no value xdebug.manual_url => http://www.php.net => http://www.php.net xdebug.max_nesting_level => 100 => 100 xdebug.overload_var_dump => On => On xdebug.profiler_aggregate => Off => Off xdebug.profiler_append => Off => Off xdebug.profiler_enable => Off => Off xdebug.profiler_enable_trigger => Off => Off xdebug.profiler_output_dir => c:/wamp/tmp => c:/wamp/tmp xdebug.profiler_output_name => cachegrind.out.%t.%p => cachegrind.out.%t.%p xdebug.remote_autostart => On => On xdebug.remote_connect_back => Off => Off xdebug.remote_cookie_expire_time => 3600 => 3600 xdebug.remote_enable => On => On xdebug.remote_handler => dbgp => dbgp xdebug.remote_host => localhost => localhost xdebug.remote_log => no value => no value xdebug.remote_mode => req => req xdebug.remote_port => 9000 => 9000 xdebug.scream => Off => Off xdebug.show_exception_trace => Off => Off xdebug.show_local_vars => Off => Off xdebug.show_mem_delta => Off => Off xdebug.trace_format => 0 => 0 xdebug.trace_options => 0 => 0 xdebug.trace_output_dir => \ => \ xdebug.trace_output_name => trace.%c => trace.%c xdebug.var_display_max_children => 128 => 128 xdebug.var_display_max_data => 512 => 512 xdebug.var_display_max_depth => 3 => 3
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blacktie24 almost 12 yearsDavid, I fixed the name of the setting, but it still does not work :( any other ideas?
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David Harkness almost 12 years@blacktie24 - Add
var_dump(ini_get('xdebug.profiler_enable'))
to yourbootstrap.php
file to verify that the setting is being applied by PHPUnit. -
JhovaniC almost 10 yearsTry -dxdebug.profiler_enable=On -dxdebug.remote_host=127.0.0.1 -dxdebug.remote_port=9000 /path/to/phpunit XYZTestCase.php
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timhc22 over 9 yearssetting -d xdebug.idekey=PHPSTORM did not seem to work for me, hence the XDEBUG_CONFIG environment variable
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Salvatore Zappalà almost 8 yearsMake sure that the
idekey
is the same that is set in your IDE/debugger -
Nicolas BADIA over 7 yearsTo specify the output path: php -d xdebug.profiler_enable=on -d xdebug.profiler_output_dir=/my_path /usr/bin/phpunit XYZTestCase.php
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Brian Dunne over 4 yearsThis worked for me on Ubuntu, although I was hung up for a while because of the way Ubuntu sets up separate php.ini files for apache/CLI/fpm. If anyone's got XDebug working through their browser but not their command line, make sure you've got the XDebug-enabling options added to each of the appropriate php.ini files - the output of
php -v
from the command line will contain some XDebug info if your CLI PHP configuration is set up properly for XDebug.