Eclipse Xdebug installation With XAMPP LINUX

Eclipse is a great open-source and free tool to manage your programming projects.

I have been using eclipse for my java and php projects. Xdebug is an awesome debugging tool you can use with eclipse to debug your php code.

I assume you are using xampp linux and you have set the server at /opt/lampp location.

Requiremnts:
eclipse classic/eclipse for php developers installation 3.6.1.

At first we shall install xdebug as an extension of php
1. Download the source code from http://www.xdebug.org/
2.unzip the tar file and move in to the directory.

Now we will use the phpize utility in your /opt/lampp/bin/phpize location
if it shows error like "segmentation fault", Run in the terminal sudo apt-get install php-dev

Xdebug website has an amazing insturction page. check it here
http://www.xdebug.org/docs/install

Don't forget to check the following wizard:
http://www.xdebug.org/find-binary.php

 After following the instruction you will have installed xdebug which you can check by the phpinfo();

Configuration at Eclipse:

Go to window>preferences>php

Set you php executable path first (e.g. /opt/lampp/bin/php)

Then configure the debug section. Select the php debugger as Xdebug.

You are almost done!

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Now Go to Run>Debug configuration

make sure you have selected xdebug. Now you're ready to bite the bugs .Hope this helps. Enjoy!