XAMPP on Linux + Xdebug (Linux 64bit)

So, today I managed to install XDebug on XAMPP for Linux. If you have 32-bit Linux, you can not read the remaining text, for you there is a simple solution, and not one that can be easily found on the Web.

You do not even need to talk about the crazy benefits of a debugger for PCPs. On 64-bit whist / windows7, the hdebag didn’t want to work at all (Vista collapsed; for the seven there was no compiled version of the library)

For those who don’t know:
XAMPP - a program package from apache + mysql + php + perl + proftpd + ...
XDebug - a library for PHP Allows you to clean up crap scripts on PHP. (Mostly used in conjunction with an IDE, for example Eclipse + PDT. Allows you to set breakpoints, debug step by step and view the contents of variables)

If you came here from a search, then you are not much interested in my adventures and searches, so immediately to the point.

Update: Dear future readers, this article is for you if:
* You often need to switch between different web server configurations (for example PHP4 / 5.2 / 5.3) or you use XAMPP for Linux for other reasons.
* You need XDebug
* You have 64-bit Linux
* By the time you start reading this post, 64-bit HAMRR does not exist.

The rest, you can not read. I do not compare HAMRR with other existing solutions, I just have it, I use it with pleasure. I rummaged in the network and did not find a solution to my problem, so I decided to share it with you here.

System

Linux: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala 64bit
XAMPP: v1.7.1 (with PHP 5.2.9) - I think the process will be very similar for another version.

Install XAMPP

We go here, select the desired version
sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files

In my case, this is XAMPP Linux / 1.7.1.

We upload files (let's say in the ~ / Downloads / xampp / directory):
* xampp-linux-devel - *. Tar .gz - contains the header files
* xampp-linux - *. tar.gz required for compiling xdebug - XAMPP itself -

Install the Xamp and libraries in the / opt folder

# cd ~/Downloads/xampp

# sudo tar xzf xampp-linux-1.7.1.tar.gz -C /opt

# sudo tar xzf xampp-linux-devel-1.7.1.tar.gz -C /opt


Download xdebug

Here from here: xdebug.org/download.php
deflate the source code for the required version (I deflated 2.1.0RC0 and 2.0.5). I downloaded at ~ / Downloads / xdebug /

Unpack

# tar xzf xdebug*

# cd xdebug*

Install other libraries

Honestly, I don’t even know if they are really needed. But in order to compile FF for 32-bit out of 64 it seems as needed

# sudo apt-get install ia32-libs gcc-multilib

Configure environment variables

For some reason, phpize refused to work outright, complaining about $ PHP_AUTOCONFIG and $ PHP_AUTOHEADER without the following thing:

* Open ~ / .bashrc
* Finally, add the line:
export PATH=/opt/lampp/bin:$PATH

Now in the shell:

# export PATH=/opt/lampp/bin:$PATH

# export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=/usr/lib/pkgconfig

# export CC="gcc -m32"

# export CXX="g++ -m32"

Build Xdebug for 32-bit

# phpize

# ./configure --enable-xdebug --with-php-conig=/opt/lampp/bin/php-config --x-libraries=/usr/lib --target=i686-pc-linux

# make

Copy to the folder to Xamp

# sudo cp modules/xdebug.so /opt/lampp/lib/php/extensions/


Configure PHP

# sudo gedit /opt/lampp/etc/php.ini

Turn on the library (I added this on line 545)
zend_extension="/opt/lampp/lib/php/extensions/xdebug.so"


Start / restart and check

# sudo /opt/lampp/lampp restart

# /opt/lampp/bin/php -i | grep xdebug

xdebug
xdebug support => enabled
xdebug.auto_trace => 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
...
и т.д.

Happy debugging!

PS: you can remove the added line from ~ / .bashrc