Disabling xdebug when running composer

Question

When running composer diagnose, I get the following error :

The xdebug extension is loaded, this can slow down Composer a little. Disablin

Answer 1

By creating an alias you'll suppress that composer xdebug error message.

Just add this line to your ~/.bash_aliases within your system and it should work flawlessly.

alias composer="php -n /usr/local/bin/composer"

Reload the shell to make the new alias composer available.

source ~/.bash_profile

USAGE:

$ composer --version

NOTE:
You don't necessarily need to use any other parameter.
Depending on your system you might have a .bashrc instead of .bash_profile.

UPDATE:

As @AlexanderKachkaev mention in the comments it's worth nothing to add the memory_limit as follows to avoid crashing im some situations:

alias composer="php -d memory_limit=-1 -n /usr/local/bin/composer"