Disabling xdebug when running composer

Question

When running composer diagnose, I get the following error :

The xdebug extension is loaded, this can slow down Composer a little. Disablin

Answer 1

Creating an alias for composer to disable xdebug and prevent memory errors:

Add this line to your ~/.bash_profile

alias composer='php -d xdebug.profiler_enable=0 -d memory_limit=-1 /usr/local/bin/composer'

Restart the terminal to make the new alias available.