Up until recently, I’ve been writing code in PHP (via Notepad++) and debugging by checking the logs in IIS (gotta love that web-platform installer); I’ve since decided to update to a more efficient code-writing / testing environment, and after playing around for several moments with PHPStorm, decided to purchase it and give it a try. Since then, I have realized that in so far as tutorials and walk-throughs are concerned, PHPStorm is coming up a little short. Having given the manual a glance (RTFM, I know), and come up wanting, I’d like to ask if anyone out there would like to hand hold me through setting up PHPStorm with XDebug so I can stop hating myself for not studying the underlying systems well enough, and get back to coding.
TLDR; Could someone post a detailed walk-through for setting up PHPStorm + XDebug? Assume maximum level of stupidity on my part (I”m usually more than capable in the ASP.NET world, but I am approaching the intelligence level usually associated with some forms of sea-faring sponge in the PHP world).
The environment is Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit) with IIS & PHP installed.
It’s really simple to get Xdebug working with PhpStorm, just follow this guide carefully. (NOTE: Updated version of the guide is here)
For more advanced topics read this.