Xdebug - PHPStorm - Ubuntu: How to configure Xdebug on Ubuntu for PHPStorm
For this illustration we are using PHP7.3 Find the path of your PHP ini files by opening the console and running following command: php --ini In your root folder create a new file using following command and generate Phpinfo file: sudo vi phpinfo.php Now in your browser run: http://localhost/phpinfo.php . Copy the entire output from this page and paste it into https://xdebug.org/wizard This will give you the download link to xdebug. Now open your console and run below commands: Check the path against "Scan the additional .ini files in". In most cases the path would look something like "/usr/local/etc/php/7.3/conf.d" sudo vi /usr/local/etc/php/7.3/conf.d/ext-xdebug.ini Now in your PHPStorm perform below steps: Click on PHPStorm > Preferences > Languages & Frameworks > PHP > Debug Under Xdebug > Change "Debug Port" to "9001" and select "Can accept external connections Click on Apply Yo