Have you exported the environment variable XDEBUG_CONFIG on the shell?

If I run it like this:

XDEBUG_CONFIG="idekey=dr" php -a -d xdebug.remote_enable=1

Then it connects to the debugger, and stops at the xdebug_break() just fine.

Ping?

I could be missing something but I just tried (using 'debugclient' that comes with the extension) and it doesn't seem to be working :/

After including PHP file the client receives INIT package like this:

<init xmlns="urn:debugger_protocol_v1" xmlns:xdebug="http://xdebug.org/dbgp/xdebug" fileuri="file:///home/pc/test_dir/test.php" language="PHP" xdebug:language_version="5.5.9-1ubuntu4.14" protocol_version="1.0" appid="16880" idekey="dr"><engine version="2.4.0RC5-dev"><![CDATA[Xdebug]]></engine><author><![CDATA[Derick Rethans]]></author><url><![CDATA[http://xdebug.org]]></url><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright (c) 2002-2016 by Derick Rethans]]></copyright></init>

This is great, but then after: 'run -i 1' the PHP script executes completely without breaking and 'debugclient' prompt stays busy. Only after I quit PHP the client prompt returns with a package like this:

<response xmlns="urn:debugger_protocol_v1" xmlns:xdebug="http://xdebug.org/dbgp/xdebug" command="run" transaction_id="1" status="stopping" reason="ok"></response>

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I tried the same PHP script in non-interactive mode it works as expected.
INIT package is received and then after: 'run -i 1' I get:

<response xmlns="urn:debugger_protocol_v1" xmlns:xdebug="http://xdebug.org/dbgp/xdebug" command="run" transaction_id="1" status="break" reason="ok"><xdebug:message filename="file:///home/pc/test_dir/test.php" lineno="8"></xdebug:message></response>

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Am I doing it wrong? Could it be PHP version? I'm on master branch of xdebug (commit: f4c6c8c).

Thanks!

Hi,

I've spend some more time figuring out what the problem is. I can indeed reproduce this now.

xdebug_break() works by setting a flag (XG(context).do_break) to 1, which then
gets seen once the statement is finished. Only then does it interupt.

For some reason, the intermediate
statement interceptors are not being generated by PHP, even though I have set
CG(compiler_options) |= ZEND_COMPILE_EXTENDED_INFO.

Even when forcing that with the additional -e argument to PHP, this does not
seem to make PHP fire the inter-statement hooks (xdebug_statement_call), and
hence xdebug_break() can't be intercepted.

I will have to suspend this until the appropriate steps can be taken in PHP
itself.

cheers,
Derick

In Php > 8, it works, but only once at debugger session. In Xdebug 3.3.0 it activates by whatever command is executed first, and also only once per session.

I meant once per PHP interactive shell session

@anton.m4354 -- that would make sense, as that is when Xdebug would initiate the debugging connection