This extension is very useful for PHP developers that are using PHP tools with Xdebug support like PHPStorm, Eclipse with PDT, Netbeans and MacGDBp or any other Xdebug compatible profiling tool like KCacheGrind, WinCacheGrind or Webgrind. Xdebug Profiling. Xdebug also provides profiling of code just like other profiling tools, Blackfire and Tideways. If you want to use the profiling option, then you must enable it in the php.ini file. Xdebug.profilerenable=1 xdebug.profileroutputdir='C: xampp tmp' Now, open a file and start entering all the profiling logs. 🪲 Install and Configure xDebug v3 on MacOS for PhpStorm 🐘. Assuming that you have already installed php and apache via Homebrew. Install xDebug php extension. Pecl channel-update pecl.php.net pecl clear-cache pecl install xdebug # Optional command pecl clear-cache. Mac os x install Xdebug with multiple PHP versions. If you have brew installed with multiple PHP versions i.e. 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 on Mac OS X mojave, you can to do the following: Install autoconf with brew brew install autoconf. Change to the PHP version that you want Xdebug on, run brew unlink php@7.1 && brew link -force -overwrite php. Configure Xdebug Download Xdebug. Download the Xdebug extension compatible with your PHP version and install it as described in the installation guide. Xdebug 3 brings performance improvements, simplified configuration, and PHP 8 support. To learn more on upgrading to Xdebug 3, see the Upgrade guide.

tl;dr: Read the Quick Start Guide.

Drupal VM makes building Drupal development environments quick and easy, and introduces developers to the wonderful world of Drupal development on virtual machines or Docker containers (instead of crufty old MAMP/WAMP-based development).

It will install the following on an Ubuntu 18.04 (by default) linux VM:

• Apache 2.4.x (or Nginx)
• PHP 7.2.x (configurable)
• MySQL 5.7.x (or MariaDB, or PostgreSQL)
• Drupal 7 or 8
• Optional:
  • Selenium (for Behat testing)

It should take 5-10 minutes to build or rebuild the VM from scratch on a decent broadband connection.

Please read through the official documentation:

Mac Download Folder

This VM includes many convenient utilities for local development, most of which can be enabled or disabled as you see fit (not everyone needs or wants an extra bundle of junk that they don't care about wasting their workstation's resources!).