phpstorm xdebug with a symfony2 project

Question

I am trying to debug a symfony2 application with xdebug and phpstorm.

My local development environment is Ubuntu 14.04 with apache2 and Xdebug version is 2.2.7

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Answer 1

I had a similar issue which again proved to be a mapping problem, debugging a Symfony 2 project remotely using PHPStorm.

If PHPStorm can't map the src file locations, it will break on the first line of code in app_dev.php (if you've set 'Break on first line') but then continue straight through any break points set in /src (e.g. Controllers, Models, etc.) and doesn't flag any error.

1. Go to Setting -> Languages & Frameworks -> PHP -> Servers
2. Select your server in the middle-left pane (or add using '+')
3. Check 'Use path mappings (select if the server is remote or symlinks are used)'
4. Add mappings such that /app, /src and /web are mapped. These can be individual mappings, but it's better if possible to set a higher level mapping on / which covers them all.

Once PHPStorm can map these paths, it stops and breakpoints and meaningful debugging can begin.