Will enabling XDebug on a production server make PHP slower?

Question

The title pretty much says it all...is it a bad idea ? I\'d like to have the enhanced debug messages that XDebug provides on the server.

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Answer 1

You can use XDebug in production if you "do it right". You can enable the extension in a "dormant" mode that is only brought to live through requests that go through a specific HOSTS name. Se details here:

http://www.drupalonwindows.com/en/content/remote-debugging-production-php-applications-xdebug