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How to get eclipse with xdebug running? [message #1859262]

Wed, 24 May 2023 17:10

Rhavin Grobert

Messages: 1
Registered: May 2023

Junior Member

Can someone please post a step-by-step walk-thru how you setup eclipse with xdebug on linux to get to the point where you can step-debug a simple file?

I already installed the 2023-03 (4.27.0) version of Eclipse and have xDebug 3.1.2; my PHP is Version 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.11.

I created a simple file:

<?php
$inipath = php_ini_loaded_file();
if ($inipath)
  echo 'Loaded php.ini: '.$inipath.'<br/>';
else
  echo 'A php.ini file is not loaded<br/>';

  echo "<br/>before<br/>";
phpinfo();
echo "<br/>after<br/>";
?>

I can start the built-in server in run-mode and have my script executed at localhost. The first line printed is "Loaded php.ini: /etc/php/8.1/cli/php.ini", so that is not the php.ini specified in the /Servers/PHP Built-in Server at localhost-config/php.ini - branch of my project.

Xdebug is listed, so it at least got installed.

I also cant debug, any attempt to start this server in debug-mode yields strange error messages like this one:

_____
An internal error occurred during: "Creating console for /usr/bin/X11/X11/X11/X11/X11/X11/X11/X11/X11/X11/X11/X11/X11/X11/X11/X11/X11/php (24.05.2023, 19:07:19)".
class org.eclipse.debug.core.model.RuntimeProcess cannot be cast to class org.eclipse.php.internal.debug.core.launching.PHPProcess (org.eclipse.debug.core.model.RuntimeProcess is in unnamed module of loader org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.EquinoxClassLoader @40b54762; org.eclipse.php.internal.debug.core.launching.PHPProcess is in unnamed module of loader org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.EquinoxClassLoader @3ec9822c)
_____

Can someone please tell me what is going on here? I had absolutely no luck googling for those strage error messages, that all relate to somehow eclipse not being able to create a console. There are lots of hits but none that vaguely seem to fit.

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Re: How to get eclipse with xdebug running? [message #1859780 is a reply to message #1859262]

Tue, 27 June 2023 07:26

Kabiru Usman

Messages: 42
Registered: April 2023

Member

It looks like it's a class casting error, implying that Eclipse might be attempting to use the wrong type of Process class for PHP debugging.

I recommend checking the version of your PHP Development Tools (PDT) and ensuring it's compatible with your Eclipse version. Also, make sure that your Eclipse project is set up to use the correct PHP executable and that the PHP executable points to the correct php.ini file with xdebug properly installed and configured.

The error message suggests that the PHP executable might be pointing to /usr/bin/X11/X11/X11/.../php instead of the correct path, which might be something like /usr/bin/php. I suggest verifying this in the debug configurations of your Eclipse project.

It's also possible that there might be conflicts with other installed plugins, so you might want to try disabling non-essential ones and see if the issue persists.

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