Atom + Xdebug setup - xdebug

Question

I'm trying to setup Xdebug because I'm tired of using echoes and var_dumps.
I'm using Atom as my IDE with the php-debug plugin.
I'm using the laravel Homestead vm as a server. forwarded port 9000 to 9999
Atom has the plugin installed with the following settings:
I set a breakpoint in Atom, I browse to my page but the breakpoint doesn't trigger.
I have a hunch that it has something to do with the IDE key but I don't know how to proceed.
Does anyone know the IDE key for atom?
Or is there something else I'm missing?
edit: I've added the following to xdebug.ini:
xdebug.auto_trace = 0
xdebug.collect_includes = 1
xdebug.collect_params = 1
xdebug.collect_return = 0
xdebug.collect_vars = "Off"
xdebug.default_enable = "On"
xdebug.dump.COOKIE = ""
xdebug.dump.FILES = ""
xdebug.dump.GET = ""
xdebug.dump.POST = ""
xdebug.dump.REQUEST = ""
xdebug.dump.SERVER = ""
xdebug.dump.SESSION = ""
xdebug.dump_globals = 1
xdebug.dump_once = 1
xdebug.dump_undefined = 0
xdebug.extended_info = 1
xdebug.file_link_format = ""
xdebug.idekey = "VVVDEBUG"
xdebug.manual_url = "http://www.php.net"
xdebug.max_nesting_level = 100
xdebug.overload_var_dump = 1
xdebug.profiler_append = 0
xdebug.profiler_enable = 0
xdebug.profiler_enable_trigger = 1
xdebug.profiler_output_dir = "/tmp"
xdebug.profiler_output_name = "cachegrind.out.%t-%s"
xdebug.remote_autostart = 1
xdebug.remote_enable = 1
xdebug.remote_handler = "dbgp"
xdebug.remote_host = "192.168.50.1"
xdebug.remote_log = /srv/log/xdebug-remote.log
xdebug.remote_mode = "req"
xdebug.remote_port = 9000
xdebug.show_exception_trace = 0
xdebug.show_local_vars = 0
xdebug.show_mem_delta = 0
xdebug.trace_format = 0
xdebug.trace_options = 0
xdebug.trace_output_dir = "/tmp"
xdebug.trace_output_name = "trace.%c"
xdebug.var_display_max_children = -1
xdebug.var_display_max_data = -1
xdebug.var_display_max_depth = -1

Answer 1

Like #sparkos72 says, the atom ide key xdebug.atom works for me on Ubuntu 16.04 and Debian 7 :-). I try to extend their answer.
I used php-debug atom extension with this config in the xdebug.ini (path: /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/xdebug.ini).
xdebug.remote_enable=1
xdebug.remote_handler=dbgp
xdebug.remote_mode=req
xdebug.remote_host=172.17.0.1
xdebug.remote_port=9000
xdebug.idekey=xdebug.atom
xdebug.remote_autostart=true
I have a docker container with debian 7 + apache + php 5, that's the reason because I use ip 172.17.0.1 instead of 127.0.0.1. My "real" machine is an Ubuntu.
Hope it helps.

Answer 2

IDE key is xdebug.atom for me (mac/apache). In the Atom php-debug config, set the server port to 9000

Answer 3

None of the answers worked for me, so I'm leaving one of my own.
Setup
Make sure xdebug is enabled; sudo phpenmod xdebug or equivalent
Make sure xdebug is correctly configured:
xdebug.remote_enable=1
xdebug.remote_handler=dbgp
xdebug.remote_mode=req
xdebug.remote_host=172.17.0.1 (as per your setup)
xdebug.remote_port=9000 (as per your setup)
Didn't do xdebug.remote_autostart because it starts the debug stuff even for normal requests. So, even if you are not in the debug mode for the Chrome / Firefox extension, an attempt to convey debugging data will be made, which might slow things down without any reason.
Install Xdebug chrome/firefox extension and setup IDE Key as xdebug-atom (I found xdebug.atom to also be working).
Debugging
When you actually want to debug something,
Add a breakpoint where you want in your code; Alt + F9 or equivalent.
Open the PHP Debug panel in Atom; Ctrl + Alt + D or equivalent. If you are on certain versions Ubuntu, you might want to change the shortcut Ctrl + Alt + D might act as Show Desktop. In which case, click on the PHP Debug button in the IDE to toggle the debugger.
The debugger should say something like Listening to port 9000 or the port you setup in the PHP Debug settings.
Open the page you want to debug in your browser (if not already open) and click on the debugging extension icon to enable Debug mode. This actually sets a cookie in your document like XDEBUG_SESSION=xdebug-atom, etc.
Once the debug extension is enabled, refresh the page and you should be able to use the debugger (if everything went right).
Hope this helps. Took a while to get it working. Now I don't have to buy PHP Storm!

Answer 4

I know it is late but again:
Your .ini file have this:
xdebug.idekey = "VVVDEBUG"
which means you need to set the value "VVVDEBUG"(without quotes) in "The Easiest Xdebug" extension settings where you use "Atom" currently

Answer 5

IDE key is xdebug-atom for me on PHP3.2+ ATOM+ XAMPP+ XDEBUG Helper, strongly recommending to use XDEBUG Helper, you could set IDE key there.

Answer 6

I was trying the same thing, but never I found a real solution and I saw that xdebug started debug when find a error exeption I started put error in my code when I need debug and works well, example put this code in the line that you want debug.
#xdebug_start:
and watch the magic.
I did a video installing the plugin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD0TIzYMFzQ