Xdebug Update: May 2024
In this monthly update I explain what happened with Xdebug development in the past month. These are normally published on the first Tuesday on or after the 5th of each month.
GitHub and Pro/Business supporters will get it earlier, around the first of each month.
On GitHub sponsors, I am currently 44% towards my $2,500 per month goal, which is set to allow continued maintenance of Xdebug.
If you are leading a team or company, then it is also possible to support Xdebug through a subscription.
In the last month, I spend around 23 hours on Xdebug, with 22 hours funded.
Xdebug 3.4
I created the first alpha release of Xdebug 3.4 — with some preliminary PHP 8.4 support. The main reason for this was to test out the PIE tool, that James Titcumb is working on as part of his work for the PHP Foundation.
This new tool uses composer-style definition files. It also means that extensions like Xdebug can now be found on Packagist.
PIE is still in early development, but I shall be continuing to test out while it matures.
The 3.4.0alpha1 release itself adds a new XDEBUG_IGNORE HTTP variable to prevent Xdebug from initiating a debugging session for this request only. This feature was requested by the Symfony project, to prevent debugging sessions for the debugging toolbar.
Native Xdebug Path Mapping
In the previous update I wrote about Xdebug's new projects section, and the first project that I am hoping to fund through this: Native Xdebug Path Mapping.
After my announcement, several companies and individuals reached out. The funding is now nearly there, with good hopes that it will conclude soon.
You could be part of this too!
Once we cross the line, I will start with the implementation, which I intend to include into Xdebug 3.4.
Xdebug Videos
I have created no new videos since last month, but you can see all the previous ones on my channel.
If you have any suggestions, feel free to reach out to me on Mastodon or via email.
Business Supporter Scheme and Funding
In the last month, no new business supporters signed up.
Besides business support, I also maintain a Patreon page, a profile on GitHub sponsors, as well as an OpenCollective organisation.
If you want to contribute to specific projects, you can find those on the Projects page.
Xdebug Cloud
Xdebug Cloud is the Proxy As A Service platform to allow for debugging in more scenarios, where it is hard, or impossible, to have Xdebug make a connection to the IDE. It is continuing to operate as Beta release.
Packages start at £49/month, and I have recently introduced a package for larger companies. This has a larger initial set of tokens, and discounted extra tokens.
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.
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