PhpOnWindows

This is bridge from Windows to PHP installed under Windows Linux subsystem (Bash on Ubuntu on Windows) providing native integration for JetBrains IDEs, full XDebug support and simplicity for running PHP scripts.

NOTE: This project is proof of concept. Use in development environments only! Expect bugs when stepping outside of the happy path.

Prerequisites

• Windows PHP distribution
• Bash on Ubuntu on Windows
• PHP distribution inside that Ubuntu

Installation

1. Clone this repository somewhere (e.g. C:\PhpOnWindows).

2. Create file .php-path inside that directory. Write absolute path to your php.exe to that file. (e.g. echo C:\PHP\php.exe > C:\PhpOnWindows\.php-path)

Usage

1. Use php.cmd script just as if it was your regular PHP executable.

Working directory is preserved. File paths in command arguments are mapped into /mnt/<drive>/ folder automatically.

Usage in JetBrains IDE

1. Create new PHP configuration and set your php.cmd as PHP executable.

2. That's it!

You should see that IDE reads configuration properly. XDebug, when installed, should work right now.

How it works?

User starts php.cmd batch.

Batch file starts Windows PHP process by running php-bridge.php script and passes to it all command line arguments.

Script starts bash.exe with arguments to run the PHP script inside the Linux. But before composing the command line passed to the Bash, following must be done:

• Windows-like file path is mapped to Linux-like (basically C:\... gets mapped to /mnt/c/).

• If XDebug settings are found inside command line arguments, XDebug "proxy" is started. As IDE and XDebug instance exchange file paths between each other, script takes care of file paths mapping as well.

Standard output and error output are preserved. Exit code returned by the script is preserved as well.

Troubleshooting

Open php.cmd file and set PHP_IN_BASH_LOGGING variable to 1. Then watch the script output during next run.

In case of problems just drop me a message, file an issue or create a pull request.

Contact

Michal Kočárek michal.kocarek@brainbox.cz – https://twitter.com/michalkocarek

License

This library is licensed under the MIT License – see the LICENSE file for details.