Copy/paste phpinfo(); in the Xdebug install wizard for customized directions.
Generically this should work
pecl install xdebug
Ensure you put the xdebug config in the correct php.ini. If using Nginx + fpm it's something like /etc/php/7.x/fpm/php.ini you can also add this to the cli version if desired.
[xdebug] zend_extension = /usr/lib/php/20180731/xdebug.so ; locate xdebug.so to find your path xdebug.remote_enable = 1 xdebug.remote_autostart = 1 xdebug.remote_autorestart = 1 xdebug.remote_host = On xdebug.default_enable = 1 xdebug.remote_port = 9900 ; default is 9000 xdebug.profiler_enable = 1 xdebug.remote_connect_back = 1
Note: you likely need to restart php and nginx
#linux, if using fpm sudo service php7.3-fpm restart # mac sudo brew services restart php@7.1