Debugging with PhpStorm

You can pretty much just follow this: http://blog.elenakolevska.com/debugging-laravel-on-homestead/

Configure php.ini

• ssh into homestead vagrant:

  $ cd /path/to/ds-homestead
  $ vagrant ssh
  

• Edit 20-xdebug.ini

  $ sudo vim /etc/php5/fpm/conf.d/20-xdebug.ini
  

  • Modify the file to:

    zend_extension=xdebug.so
    
    xdebug.remote_enable = 1
    xdebug.remote_connect_back = 1
    xdebug.remote_port = 9000
    

• Restart php to load the new extension and configurations

  $ sudo service php5-fpm restart
  

Configure PhpStorm

• Settings > Languages & Frameworks > PHP > Interpreter
  • Add new Remote...
  • Select Vagrant
  • For the "Vagrant Instance Folder", set this to your ds-homestead directory
  • Test Connection and verify it works

Trigerring the Debugger

• Get Xdebug Helper for Chrome
  • Go to Xdebug Helper options and change IDE key to "PhpStorm"
• and/or add ?XDEBUG_SESSION_START=PHPSTORM to your http requests

Debugging

• In PhpStorm, click Run > Start Listening for PHP Debug Connections

• When you make a request, there should be a popup from PhpStorm that will automatically add the PHP server and its configurations. The blog post above suggests editing the port number to 8000, but I found that didn't work for me. Leaving it alone at port 80 did however work.

• You'll also likely need to map the root of your project to the appropriate vagrant folder

  • Go to Settings > Languages & Frameworks > PHP > Servers

  • Select the server for your project

  • Select the root directory of your project and then set the "Absolute path on the server"

    ex:
    File/Directory: /Users/juy/projects/DS/user-api
    Absolute path on server: /home/vagrant/sites/user-api