Xdebug Update: March 2021
Another monthly update where I explain what happened with Xdebug development in this past month. These will be published on the first Tuesday after the 5th of each month.
Patreon and GitHub supporters will get it earlier, around the first of each month.
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In March, I worked on Xdebug for about 28 hours, with funding being around 32 hours.
Xdebug 3.1
I started working on the Xdebug 3.1 tasks, and so far I have mostly been working on making sure that Xdebug continues to compile with PHP 8, and on improvements to xdebug_info(). It now also includes whether a debug connection was successful, which IP address it connected to, and whether some protocol features are enabled.
I have also started triaging really old bug reports, and will close them if no extra information is provided. This should cut down on my "open issues" queue.
Xdebug Videos
As response to a few people mentioning on Twitter that "Xdebug is hard to set up with Docker", and in line with my original goals of creating content to show how to set up Xdebug within various set-ups, I have created a few videos.
I have released the first one, Xdebug with Docker and PhpStorm in 5 Minutes on YouTube, where you can also find other Xdebug videos in the Xdebug 3 play list.
Xdebug Cloud
Xdebug Cloud is continuing to operate as Beta release, and provides an easy way to debug your PHP applications with Xdebug, without having to deal with complexities with regards to networking.
Packages start at £49/month, and revenue will also be used to further the development of Xdebug.
If you want to be kept up to date with Xdebug Cloud, please sign up to the mailinglist, which I will use to send out an update not more than once a month.
Business Supporter Scheme and Funding
In March, no new supporters signed up.
If you, or your company, would also like to support Xdebug, head over to the support page!
Besides business support, I also maintain a Patreon page and a profile on GitHub sponsors.
Life Line
I got myself a sheet of Sun-safe filter material, and McGuyvered a pop-up filter for my lens.
The first attempt sort of worked, but I didn't get the filter 100% straight. Luckily I have more material.
But this is sort of my first attempt, and a few sunspots are clearly visible on the right of the image.
Warning: Never look at the Sun without protection!
#Sun #Photography #Astronomy #AstroPhotography
Go with 2026.02
Improve error messages for `timelib_duration_create_from_iso8601strin…
Fix overflow in the nanosecond carry in `timelib_duration_div_static()`
Consistently use `stdint.h` types for `timelib_duration`
Created 2 recyclings
Created a home entrance and a main entrance
Go with 2026.01
Merged pull request #176
Fix #175: Update Makefile to get the latest version from iana.org site
Merged pull request #184
Added the 'timelib_duration_create_from_iso8601string' implementation
Document the 'static' variants, and correct the original functions' c…
Add overflow detection to `timelib_duration_mul_static()`
Simplify `timelib_duration_sub_static()` for differently-signed inputs
Fix `timelib_duration_add_static()` for opposite signs
Handle normalization of `timelib_duration`’s `negative` in `timelib_d…
Updated a restaurant
I walked 9.8km in 1h41m58s
Use `timelib_duration_null_abs_internal()` in `timelib_duration_mul_s…
Implement 'timelib_duration_sub' and friends
Rename second argument for 'timelib_duration_sub_abs_internal' and do…
Rename timelib_duration_*_internal files to include 'abs' as it opera…
Add definitions for 'static' allocated durations to public header file
Rename 'd' to 'd1' in tests
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