Local PHP Debugger doesn't work in 8.5

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I am trying to debug a small PHP program. PHP seems to be set up properly, and xdebug is installed as well (see attached screenshot). When I run debugger (through F5 or on the menu), I get the startup screen as expected (see second screenshot). However, when the script runs, it doesn’t stop at the breakpoint, but runs all the way through.
Why?

I guess, as a new user I am limited to one screenshot (10 years tenure in the old forum doesn’t count). So, you will have to trust me that everything looks good in the startup dialog as well.

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You might need to set up URI mapping for Komodo to be able to make the connection between your breakpoint and the code xdebug is running through. Check out Prefs > Mapped URIs.

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Can you elaborate, how mapped URI is relevant to local PHP debugging? I am running PHP as CLI.
Thank you

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Make sure you’ve installed the Xdebug build shipped by the Komodo team. With official builds, breakpoints don’t seem to work.

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Thank you @alvaro! That was it. Does anybody know whether it is a bug or “by design”?

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I think it’s not so much a bug as it is just a way for us to make sure that you are using a compatible xdebug version. It’s difficult to ensure compatibility with all of the possible distributed versions of xdebug.

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Komodo should work with the official xdebug version as well, so if breakpoints are not working in the official version, then it’s likely a bug in Xdebug.

For the included Komodo version, we perform QA on a particular version of Xdebug and then include that in the build - so we know we have a working version when we make a release.

Cheers,
Todd