Devel module provides dsm() and dpm() functions to output variables on the page for debugging Drupal. But if the problem is more complicated, then that’s not sufficient. You can simplify debugging tremendously if you stop code execution using breakpoints and then execute the application one step at a time. All IDEs that support PHP debugging, such as Eclipse, Netbeans, PHPStorm, etc., provide the functionality to put breakpoints in the code. But it requires quite a bit of configuration to make it work. In this post, you will learn how to configure PHPStorm 9 to debug Drupal 8. By the end of this article, you will be able to stop code execution in PHPStorm by putting a breakpoint.
It is assumed that you have already installed Drupal 8 on your local system and you are able to open the site in your browser. In my case, the Drupal 8 site is available at http://localhost/drupal8.
1) Set up a project for Drupal 8 in PHPStorm
Open PHPStorm and select “Create New Project from Existing Files”.
In the next screen, select “Web server is installed locally, source files are located under its document root.” and press “Next”.
In the next step, PHPStorm will ask you to select the root folder of the Drupal 8 project. In my case, I have installed drupal in /Users/neemehta/Sites/drupal8 folder. So I will select this folder and then click on “Project Root” at the top. Click on “Next”.
Now PHPStorm will ask you whether you want to use an existing server or a new server. If you have already used PHPStorm with other Drupal projects before, you will have an existing server. If this is the first time you are using PHPStorm, then you will need to add a new server. In this post, I’ll show you how to add a new server. Click on “Add new local server” and then press “Next”.
Fill in the server details. Enter name as “localhost” and Web server root URL as “http://localhost“. Click on “Open” and you will see http://localhost in your broswer. It is possible that your Apache server may deny you access to http://localhost. In that case, make sure that you check “Don’t check HTTP connection to server” checkbox before pressing “Next” otherwise PHPStorm will show you an error.
In the next step, you need to specify the web path where your Drupal 8 site will be accessible. In my case, it is accessible at http://localhost/drupal8 so I will enter Web path as “drupal8”. An easy way to enter a value in this field is to make sure that the Project URL below the textfield points to the Drupal 8 site. Check “Review PHP settings” checkbox and press “Next”.
Make sure that PHPStorm is using the right version of PHP. If you have multiple versions of PHP installed on your system, then depending on the PATH environment variable, it is possible that PHPStorm may be using another version. If that is the case, make sure that the version of PHP that you want to use for Drupal 8, PHP 5.5 or 5.6, appears in the PATH variable before the other versions. Once the PHP version is correct, click on “Finish”.
PHPStorm should now create a new project for your Drupal 8 site.
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