xdebug 3.5.3

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

Changes

Mon, Jun 08, 2026 - Xdebug 3.5.3

= Fixed bugs:

- Fixed issue #2404: Xdebug outputs a message to stderr when path mapping is enabled, and a directory is present
- Fixed issue #2405: Handle minimum path in .xdebug directory discovery
- Fixed issue #2411: Native Path Mapping is not applied to the initial fileuri in the init packet
- Fixed issue #2421: Crash with wrong option letter in DBGP and socket commands
- Fixed issue #2422: No limit on DBGP read buffer
- Fixed issue #2423: Don't follow symlinks with file creation
- Fixed issue #2424: Control-socket buffer crashes
- Fixed issue #2426: xdebug_get_tracefile_name incorrectly throws notice
- Fixed issue #2427: Crash when file_link_format setting is wrong
- Fixed issue #2429: Crash when trace_output_name setting is wrong
- Fixed issue #2430: Variable fetching may crash with `::` if there is no active stack
- Fixed issue #2431: Crash when trying to retrieve Windows-style URL with not enough characters
- Fixed issue #2433: Refactor finding variable names in trace files with assignments