Installing xdebug on MacOs Mojave - 'php.h' file not found

Question

I try to install xdebug on MacOs Mojave but get this error

/private/tmp/pear/install/xdebug/xdebug.c:25:10: fatal error: \'php.h\' file not found


        

Answer 1

Headers aren't installed for Mojave.

To install the headers:

open /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Packages/macOS_SDK_headers_for_macOS_10.14.pkg

I was having the same issue and this fixed it for me.

Answer 2

brew doctor

and then

brew link --overwrite php

helped me.

Answer 3

I ran into this trying to compile xdebug on my system, I had to do the following to get it to work

0) Check that you have the file /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Packages/macOS_SDK_headers_for_macOS_10.14.pkg on your system.

1) If not, install the command line tools (I had installed them at one point, but the files under /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/ were missing so I must have deleted it...)

xcode-select --install

2) Reinstall the header files

sudo installer -pkg /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Packages/macOS_SDK_headers_for_macOS_10.14.pkg -target /

Credit to @donatJ - https://stackoverflow.com/a/52612102/649915