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

(Windows)

Based on documentation I use environment variable PHPRC, so I can choose which INI file shloud be loaded, thus I can choose whether I want to enable or disable Xdebug before executing a command (like composer install).

I have two INI files, one with Xdebug enabled (php-xdebug.ini) and one with Xdebug disabled (php.ini - it's also default one).

I use some batches (placed in location which is included in PATH environment variable, so it can be executed from anywhere):

To enable Xdebug I call xon.bat:

@ECHO OFF
set PHPRC=C:/path-to-php/php-xdebug.ini

To disable Xdebug I call xoff.bat:

@ECHO OFF
set PHPRC=

By calling php --ini I can check which INI file was loaded.

Alternatively you can use environment variable PHP_INI_SCAN_DIR in which you set a path to directory from where additional INI files will be loaded. Advantage is that you can load multiple INI files.