Emacs, geben and xdebug

* sudo pecl install xdebug
* edit php.ini

  zend_extension=/path/to/xdebug.so
; usually /usr/lib/php5/20060613+lfs/xdebug.so
  [debug]
  xdebug.remote_autostart=off
  xdebug.remote_enable=on
  xdebug.remote_handler=dbgp
  xdebug.remote_mode=req
  xdebug.remote_host=localhost
  xdebug.remote_port=9000

* restart apache: /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
* download geben: http://trac.sakura.ne.jp/geben/
* unpack it into ~/emacs.d/ (emacs includes folder) * add this to your .emacs file:

(add-to-list 'load-path "/home/your/emacs.files/geben")
(add-to-list 'load-path "/home/your/emacs.files/geben/gud")

* restart emacs and run geben with `M-x geben`
* open a php service with the parameter
`?XDEBUG_SESSION_START` to start debugging


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