Use XDebug on a Devilbox with PhpStorm and Postman

Host OS

Tested on:

• openSUSE 15.1 Leap
• Fedora 30
• Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS
• Pop!_OS 19.10 (might apply to most recent Ubuntu derivates)
• Windows 10 Pro

Check before setup:

• Accept in the firewall settings the port 9000 TCP

Follow the steps in the setup tutorial (optional).

Docker

Make sure to follow the Docker setup step in the setup tutorial.

Devilbox

(…for a multisite setup read this part of the Devilbox documentation…)

cd /_devilbox_install_dir_/cfg/php-ini-X.X/
cp devilbox-php.ini-xdebug xdebug.ini
nano xdebug.ini

Change these settings:

xdebug.default_enable  = 1
xdebug.profiler_enable = 1

xdebug.remote_enable       = 1
xdebug.remote_autostart    = 0
xdebug.remote_handler      = dbgp
xdebug.remote_port         = 9000
xdebug.remote_connect_back = 1

xdebug.idekey     = PHPSTORM
xdebug.remote_log = /var/log/php/xdebug.log

See the example .ini file.

Save and restart DevilBox (or use the handy startup script):

cd /_devilbox_install_dir_
docker-compose stop
docker-compose rm -f
docker-compose up -d 

… or when not everything is necessary:

docker-compose up httpd php mysql -d

If you get errors, check troubleshooting DNS related startup errors.

PhpStorm

Settings / Languages & Frameworks / PHP

• Set CLI Interpreter by clicking on …
• Add a new interpreter by clicking on + then choose From Docker, Vagr…
• Tick Docker and add the Docker Server and then choose under Image name : devilbox/php-fpm:X.X-work…

Settings / Languages & Frameworks / PHP / Debug

Xdebug
    Debug port: 9000 ☑️ Can accept external connections
    ☑️ Force break at first line when no path mapping specified
    ☑️ Force break at first line when a script is outside the project

Settings / Languages & Frameworks / PHP / Debug / DBGp Proxy

IDE key: PHPSTORM
Host:    0.0.0.0
Port:    9000

Settings / Languages & Frameworks / PHP / Servers

• Add a new server +
• Set the Name of the server
• Set values of Host to localhost : Port to 80
• ☑️ Use path mappings (…)

File/Directory	Absolute path on the server
/home/user/devel/htdocs	/shared/httpd/devel/htdocs

Postman

Under Query Params set the key: XDEBUG_SESSION_START and the value PHPSTORM Click on the link Cookies (beneath the Send button) and add a new cookie for the corresponding domain:

XDEBUG_SESSION=PHPSTORM; path=/; domain=.yourlocaldomain.loc;