Check if xdebug is working

Question

Without installing a texteditor or an IDE, is it possible to test if xdebug is working, i.e. if it can debug php code?

The only part xdebug comes up in phpinfo() is

Answer 1

If you are using Eclipse then please note that while running on XDebug mode the magic constant __FILE__ will always be evaluated to:

xdebug://debug-eval

So the following check will return true if your session is under XDebug:

$is_xdebug = false !== strpos(__FILE__,'xdebug'); // true while on XDebug