Ansible Role: PHP-XDebug

Installs PHP XDebug on Linux servers.

Requirements

Prior to running this role, make sure the php-devel and @Development Tools (for RHEL/CentOS) or php5-dev + build-essential packages (for Debian/Ubuntu) are present on the system, as they are required for the build of Xdebug.

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below, along with default values (see defaults/main.yml):

workspace: /root

Where Xdebug setup files will be downloaded and built.

php_xdebug_version: 3.2.1

The version of Xdebug to be installed (see Updates for a current listing).

php_xdebug_default_enable: 1
php_xdebug_coverage_enable: 1

Whether to enable XDebug coverage and default exception handling or not. Disable these for slightly improved PHP performance, enable these to use XDebug to the fullest extent.

php_xdebug_module_path: /usr/lib64/php/modules

The path where xdebug.so will be installed.

php_xdebug_remote_enable: "false"

Whether remote debugging is enabled.

php_xdebug_remote_connect_back: "false"

If this is set to true, Xdebug will respond to any request from any IP address; use only for local development on non-public installations!

php_xdebug_remote_host: localhost
php_xdebug_remote_port: "9000"

The host and port on which Xdebug will listen.

php_xdebug_remote_log: /tmp/xdebug.log

The location of the xdebug log (useful if you're having trouble connecting).

php_xdebug_idekey: sublime.xdebug

The IDE key to use in the URL when making Xdebug requests (e.g. http://example.local/?XDEBUG_SESSION_START=sublime.xdebug).

php_xdebug_max_nesting_level: 256

The maximimum function nesting level before Xdebug bails and throws a fatal exception.

php_xdebug_cli_disable: false

(Debian/Ubuntu ONLY) Disable xdebug for the CLI SAPI.

Dependencies

• geerlingguy.php

Example Playbook

- hosts: webservers
  roles:
    - { role: geerlingguy.php-xdebug }

License

MIT / BSD

Author Information

This role was created in 2014 by Jeff Geerling, author of Ansible for DevOps.