Trigger xDebug in PhpStorm when calling using CURL

Question

so I use CURL from the command line to make calls to my PHP website:

curl -s "url"

My question is...is it possible to modify this command so that I can trigger xDebug (combined with an IDE (I use Jetbrains PHPStorm)) when calling the site from CURL

perhaps manipulate the GET variables?

score 71 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 27 '13 at 14:36

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The following code works for me

curl -i -X POST -d '{"some":"data"}' http://your-local-domain -b XDEBUG_SESSION=PHPSTORM

answered Sep 27 '13 at 14:36

wyxa

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actually, I got it to work. Previously the prob was my curl call. Thanks @wyxa!! – pymarco Sep 11 '14 at 20:46
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you shoud setup your ide key (session id) to PHPSTORM too. – Ricardo Martins Jul 29 '15 at 17:23
didn't work for me, until I added the path as suggested on @tin-can 's answer. – FGM Feb 20 '18 at 14:20
In my case, I had to add `-L` option to solve "301 Moved Permanently". – iloo Sep 10 '20 at 10:12

score 10 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 08 '16 at 17:13

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I was still having trouble until I added path=/ to the cookie in addition to wyxa's answer.

curl --cookie "XDEBUG_SESSION=PHPSTORM;path=/;" localhost

answered Mar 08 '16 at 17:13

Tin Can

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Worked for me with: curl --cookie "XDEBUG_SESSION=14738;path=/;" localhost – Or Harel Jul 02 '16 at 10:30

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

Install an xdebug extension in your browser, for instance, The Easiest Xdebug for Firefox or Xdebug helper for Chrome/Chromium.
Click the button of the extension to enable it, and refresh the page you're loading.
Open your devtools, open the "network" panel, and find the AJAX request or the main request that you're interested in. Right-click on the request, and click "Copy as cURL" in Firefox, or "Copy -> Copy as cURL" in Chrome/Chromium.
Now paste that command into the terminal and run it. You'll notice that the cURL command already has the cookie XDEBUG_SESSION set under the parameter -H Cookie: ....

Trigger xDebug in PhpStorm when calling using CURL

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