Xdebug on MAMP

To enable Xdebug on MAMP is a very simple task.

You just need to see what is the php.ini file you are using:

$ php -i | grep ini

And you will see a line like:

Loaded Configuration File => /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.4.4/conf/php.ini

So, now you edit that file (with your favorite editor) and at the very end you will see the [xdebug] group where the like of the zend_extension is commented. If you don't find it on the file, you can just create a new one with this:

[xdebug]
zend_extension="/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.4.4/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20100525/xdebug.so"
xdebug.default_enable=0
xdebug.remote_enable=1
xdebug.remote_handler=dbgp
xdebug.remote_host=localhost
xdebug.remote_port=9000
xdebug.remote_autostart=1

If you have a different php version or MAMP version, please replace the zend_extension directive with the right one or if it's already there, you only need to uncomment it.

That's all folks!