Comments on: Setting up MAMP with Zend Debugger, Optimizer and Extension Manager

By: SoN9ne

SoN9ne — Fri, 21 May 2010 23:50:40 +0000

Glad to hear you got it working. I’ve made the same mistakes a few times myself, it almost is always the folder structure… lol

I went ahead and sent you the invite, thanks! When I get the time I need to update that site and my own. Work is keeping me busy, guess that’s a good think thought ;)

By: Michael Stelly

Michael Stelly — Fri, 21 May 2010 23:13:36 +0000

I am not using 1.9. My version is 1.8.4. I didn’t want to update anything while in the middle of my current project. The last time I updated something, Zend Studio 7.2, it broke. I lost a half-day of billable time. So, I didn’t want to risk it. But I digress.

Well, as the saying goes, “the devil is in the details.” I misnamed my ZendDebugger folder. I had it as 5_2_x instead of php-5.2.x. Jeeminee Christmas! Computers are so f’ing literal. grrr. I now have:

This program makes use of the Zend Scripting Language Engine:
Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2009 Zend Technologies
with Zend Extension Manager v1.2.2, Copyright (c) 2003-2007, by Zend Technologies
with Zend Optimizer v3.3.9, Copyright (c) 1998-2009, by Zend Technologies
with Zend Debugger v5.2.14, Copyright (c) 1999-2008, by Zend Technologies

So, it wasn’t you. It was the loose nut behind my keyboard. ;-)
I owe you a virtual beer for your efforts. Much obliged, my good man. Uh, now if I could just figure out how to use the debugger… that’s another issue entirely.

BTW, saw you on LinkedIn, but couldn’t send an invitation for some reason. if you’d like, you can send one to me. I’d like to have you in my network. http://www.linkedin.com/in/mstelly

Thanks!

By: SoN9ne

SoN9ne — Fri, 21 May 2010 22:48:09 +0000

I really need to update this post… The issue again is most likely something simple. I am going to assume you are using the latest version of MAMP which is currently 1.9.

This line is the problem.
zend_extension_manager.debug_server=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php5/zend/lib/ZendDebugger-5.2.14

For the new MAMP it needs to be this:
zend_extension_manager.debug_server=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php5.2/zend/lib/ZendDebugger-5.2.14
or
zend_extension_manager.debug_server=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php5.3/zend/lib/ZendDebugger-5.2.14

depending on which version you are running. Please make note of the php folder name, that is most likely the issue you are having. Also, make sure the debugger folder name matches, and at the sake of repeating myself, make sure you renamed the folder inside the debugger directory.
You could always just hardcode the path to the .so instead of letting the system auto load it (which is the method I am using)

Hopefully this will get you up and going.

By: Michael Stelly

Michael Stelly — Fri, 21 May 2010 22:23:00 +0000

Ok, is it just me? Did the Zend deities curse my dev environment? ahhhhh! This is the phpinfo output now after copying your directives into the php.ini. No sign of my wayward debugger anywhere. ;(
Nonetheless, I do appreciate your willingness to help me resolve the issue.

By: SoN9ne

SoN9ne — Fri, 21 May 2010 02:38:35 +0000

I see my mistake. The issue could be the duplicated
zend_debugger.allow_tunnel=127.0.0.1
Just removed that line. I misread the first line… That just disabled your extension manager and disabled the debugger as well.

Try this.
zend_extension=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php5/zend/lib/ZendExtensionManager.so
zend_optimizer.optimization_level=15
zend_extension_manager.optimizer=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php5/zend/lib/Optimizer-3.3.9
zend_optimizer.version=3.3.9
zend_extension_manager.debug_server=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php5/zend/lib/ZendDebugger-5.2.14
zend_debugger.allow_hosts=127.0.0.1
zend_debugger.expose_remotely=always

By: Michael Stelly

Michael Stelly — Fri, 21 May 2010 02:04:51 +0000

Did what you suggested and here are the results. And yes, I followed your instructions explicitly.

This program makes use of the Zend Scripting Language Engine:
Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2009 Zend Technologies

By: SoN9ne

SoN9ne — Thu, 20 May 2010 23:01:02 +0000

Assuming you have done everything in the tutorial, remove or comment out the first initiation of the debugger.
zend_extension=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php5/zend/lib/ZendExtensionManager.so
and the duplicated
zend_debugger.allow_tunnel=127.0.0.1

Don’t forget to restart the server

Let me know if that helps.

By: Michael Stelly

Michael Stelly — Thu, 20 May 2010 21:52:25 +0000

Hey,
Thanks for the info. Nonetheless, I followed each step explicitly and the debugger does not appear to load as shown in the phpinfo image. I double-checked the file version and directory location. Renamed the folder as you did, and made the changes to the php.ini like this:

[Zend]
zend_extension=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php5/zend/lib/ZendExtensionManager.so
zend_optimizer.optimization_level=15
zend_extension_manager.optimizer=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php5/zend/lib/Optimizer-3.3.9
zend_optimizer.version=3.3.9
zend_extension_manager.debug_server=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php5/zend/lib/ZendDebugger-5.2.14
zend_debugger.allow_hosts=127.0.0.1

zend_debugger.allow_tunnel=127.0.0.1
zend_debugger.expose_remotely=always

After multiple restarts and do-overs, all I get from phpinfo is this:

Thanks anyway. Looks like it’s back to square one. :(

By: uvo

uvo — Mon, 17 May 2010 06:46:32 +0000

Thank you for this detailed guide and explanations!

By: CJ

CJ — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:49:07 +0000

Excellent guide. To the point and best of all easy to understand. Thank you so much for doing this! Setting up a debugger should not be this hard!