Trigger xDebug in PhpStorm when calling using CURL

Question

so I use CURL from the command line to make calls to my PHP website:

curl -s "url"

My question is...is it possible to modify this command so that I can trigger xDebug (combined with an IDE (I use Jetbrains PHPStorm)) when calling the site from CURL

perhaps manipulate the GET variables?

wyxa · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-27 14:36:11Z

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The following code works for me

curl -i -X POST -d '{"some":"data"}' http://your-local-domain -b XDEBUG_SESSION=PHPSTORM

answered Sep 27, 2013 at 14:36

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pymarco Over a year ago

actually, I got it to work. Previously the prob was my curl call. Thanks @wyxa!!

Ricardo Martins Over a year ago

you shoud setup your ide key (session id) to PHPSTORM too.

FGM Over a year ago

didn't work for me, until I added the path as suggested on @tin-can 's answer.

iloo Over a year ago

In my case, I had to add -L option to solve "301 Moved Permanently".

Tin Can · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-08 17:13:26Z

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I was still having trouble until I added path=/ to the cookie in addition to wyxa's answer.

curl --cookie "XDEBUG_SESSION=PHPSTORM;path=/;" localhost

answered Mar 8, 2016 at 17:13

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Or Harel Over a year ago

Worked for me with: curl --cookie "XDEBUG_SESSION=14738;path=/;" localhost

Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-20 09:12:55Z

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Install an xdebug extension in your browser, for instance, The Easiest Xdebug for Firefox or Xdebug helper for Chrome/Chromium.
Click the button of the extension to enable it, and refresh the page you're loading.
Open your devtools, open the "network" panel, and find the AJAX request or the main request that you're interested in. Right-click on the request, and click "Copy as cURL" in Firefox, or "Copy -> Copy as cURL" in Chrome/Chromium.
Now paste that command into the terminal and run it. You'll notice that the cURL command already has the cookie XDEBUG_SESSION set under the parameter -H Cookie: ....

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