Xdebug is a debugging and productivity extension for PHP
Xdebug and provides a range of features to improve the PHP development
experience.
Step Debugging
    A way to step through your code in your IDE or editor while the script is
    executing.
Improvements to PHP's error reporting
    An improved var_dump() function, stack traces for Notices, Warnings, Errors
    and Exceptions to highlight the code path to the error
Tracing
    Writes every function call, with arguments and invocation location to disk.
    Optionally also includes every variable assignment and return value for
    each function.
Profiling
    Allows you, with the help of visualisation tools, to analyse the
    performance of your PHP application and find bottlenecks.
Code Coverage Analysis
    To show which parts of your code base are executed when running unit tests
    with PHP Unit.
License: Xdebug-1.03