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PHPStorm, WSL, remote PHP and debugging

How to enable debugging PHP on Windows which is running in WSL. In few steps.

1. If not installed, install ssh, php-xdebug on WSL

   sudo apt-get install openssh-server
   

   sudo apt-get install php-xdebug
   

2. Change default port from 22 to 9022 (port 22 is usually already occupied), optionally you can enable password login (more bellow).

   sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
   

   sudo service ssh restart
   

3. In PHPStorm configure remote PHP interpreter

Here is remote config button

Here is remote config itself

1. Set up Path mappings. Your project files to WSL files. Keep in mind you have to specify absolute path, symlinks are not supported.

2. Configure Xdebug

   sudo nano /etc/php/7.1/apache2/php.ini
   

   Add these lines to end. ```` [xdebug] zend_extension=”/usr/lib/php/20160303/xdebug.so”

xdebug.remote_enable=1 xdebug.remote_connect_back=On xdebug.remote_host=127.0.0.1 xdebug.remote_port=9001 xdebug.idekey=PHPSTORM

Restart apache

sudo service apache2 restart ````

1. Configure debugger in PHPStorm

2. Use it :)

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Posted: 20 Apr 2017