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Quick Tip: Profiling PHP Applications with Xdebug, WinCacheGrind & XAMPP for Windows

September 1, 2012 by Josh Hartman

In today’s quick tip screencast you’ll learn how you can profile a PHP application, such as WordPress, using Xdebug and WinCacheGrind on XAMPP for Windows.

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Enabling Xdebug on XAMPP for Windows

To enable Xdebug, modify the following settings in your php.ini configuration file:

  • Uncomment the zend_extension = "\xampp\php\ext\php_xdebug.dll" line
  • Set xdebug.profiler_enable_trigger = 1
  • Set xdebug.profiler_output_name = "cachegrind.out.%u.%H_%R"

Save php.ini and restart Apache.

Resources

XAMPP for Windows
WinCacheGrind

Filed Under: Web Development Tagged With: debug, php, profiling, wincachegrind, windows, xampp, xdebug

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