Settings up xdebug on MAMP PRO - mamp

Question

I am trying to set up xdebug on mamp pro with no success. I searched all over the internet, nothing helped me.
First I have tried just to uncomment the following line in php.ini:
zend_extension="/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.4.4/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20100525/xdebug.so"
Next, I've tried the wizard:
http://xdebug.org/wizard.php
Next, I've tried adding these lines to php.ini:
xdebug.default_enable=1
xdebug.remote_enable=1
xdebug.remote_handler=dbgp
xdebug.remote_host=localhost
xdebug.remote_port=9000
xdebug.remote_autostart=1
Nothing helps. I can't see xdebug in my phpinfo.
MAMP PRO Version: 2.1.1
PHP Version: PHP 5.4.4
Thanks!

Answer 1

Since release of MAMP 2.01 XDebug is already included.
Solved. Here's the tutorial that helped me:
Start MAMP
Edit php.ini template file through MAMP to enable the extension. Edit the template file via File -> Edit Template -> PHP -> PHP php.ini
Edit bottom of php.ini template file so that it ends up looking like if you want profile output
[xdebug]
zend_extension="/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.3.6/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/xdebug.so"
xdebug.profiler_enable = 1
xdebug.profiler_output_dir = "/tmp"
; DONT REMOVE: MAMP PRO php5.3.6.ini template compatibility version: 1
If you don’t want profile output and just want xdebug running then use
[xdebug]
zend_extension="/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.3.6/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/xdebug.so"
xdebug.profiler_enable = 0
xdebug.profiler_output_dir = "/tmp"
; DONT REMOVE: MAMP PRO php5.3.6.ini template compatibility version: 1
Now when you have errors, if they are sent to standard out, you will see something like this
My php.ini file:
Save edited template and close edit window
Restart MAMP
Open MAMP’s WebStart page and navigate to PHPInfo tab. Check to make sure that Xdebug is running. Doing a search in the browser window for “Xdebug” makes this easy.
If you used the same settings that I have above, when you run PHP code, Xdebug will put the cachegrind.out files in your ‘/tmp’ directory. Open your ‘/temp’ directory and run one of your PHP files to make sure it is working correctly. You can open the ‘/tmp’ directory in finder by opening the terminal and running
open /tmp
Now you can use any app that understands those cachegrind.out files to view the profile data. Apps like KCacheGrind (Linux/Windows, KDE), WinCacheGrind (Windows), xdebugtoolkit, and Webgrind.  I went the simple route and used webgrind. Webgrind is a simple web based application that you can run locally on MAMP and it will look for the cachegrind.out files automatically with just one click. Continue for steps on setting up with webgrind.
Download Webgrind
Setup Webgrind host on MAMP to run Webgrind
Visit webgrind url setup on your local MAMP installation. Mine was simply webgrind/
If you already have cachegrind output files you should be able to select the file in the “Auto (newest)” dropdown or leave it select at Auto and click update which will reveal the profile data
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Answer 2

I had trouble with setting up MAMP Pro and nginx myself and the above answer did not work for me.
The problem was that the default port setting is 9000, which in my case I have that port already in use so I looked in my nginx conf at this line:
location ~ \.php$ {
try_files $uri =404;
fastcgi_pass unix:/Applications/MAMP/Library/logs/fastcgi/nginxFastCGI.sock;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
then go to the file located when fastcgi_pass is set to, and in there you will find the correct port number. In my case it was in Applications/MAMP/Library/logs/fastcgi and the filename is dependent on your host's php version.
Then open that file, and set whatever PID is in there to xdebug.remote_port in php.ini, for me it was 13267.
It may be worthwhile to mention my MAMP config for PHP is set to CGI mode, not modules.
EDIT:
I just realized that the port number dynamically changes way too much. So I set a hardcoded value for fastcgi pass in my nginx template for MAMP like so:
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9072;
# comment out the regular setting just in case.
# fastcgi_pass unix:/Applications/MAMP/Library/logs/fastcgi/nginxFastCGI.sock;