How to trigger XDebug profiler for a command line PHP script?

Question

XDebug offers the configuration directive \"xdebug.profiler_enable_trigger\" that allows to activate profiling by passing the GET or POST parameter \"XDEBUG_PROFILE\" when c

Answer 1

As described on the Xdebug Remote Debugging page, profiling can also be enabled via the XDEBUG_CONFIG environment variable by inluding a "profile_enable=1" directive:

XDEBUG_CONFIG="profiler_enable=1" php ...

For ease of use, the above command line can be written as an alias:

alias xphp='XDEBUG_CONFIG="profiler_enable=1" php'

The alias can be added to one of your shell's (interactive) startup scripts, such as ~/.bash_aliases or ~/.bashrc (as appropriate to your system).