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

Similar, but different process for getting it to work with Netbeans while developing on a VM.

Need to pass in the remote enabled flag, the auto start flag, the ide flag, and the name of your remote host.

php -dxdebug.remote_enable=1 -dxdebug.remote_autostart=On -dxdebug.idekey=netbeans-xdebug -dxdebug.remote_host=NAME.OF.HOST script.php

Answer 2

You can pass INI settings with the -d flag: php -d xdebug.profiler_enable=On script.php.