# xDebug + VSCode - breakpoints not hit when debugging **URL:** \ **Category:** Xdebug + VS Code\ **Created:** [July 20, 2021, 5:21am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/xdebug-vscode-breakpoints-not-hit-when-debugging/26652 "2021-07-20T05:21:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![localuser](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/localuser/32/13668_2.png) [@localuser](https://community.localwp.com/u/localuser)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 5:21am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/xdebug-vscode-breakpoints-not-hit-when-debugging/26652/1 "2021-07-20T05:21:26Z")
Hi, I have installed Local and can get my wordpress site to work, but cannot get the breakpoints to hit when debugging in VSCode. I followed the steps to setup debugging: [https://localwp.com/community/t/localbyflywheel-xdebug-vscode/11950/9](https://localwp.com/community/t/localbyflywheel-xdebug-vscode/11950/9) > SETUP > 1. Install the add-on > 2. Enable the add-on & Relaunch Local > 3. Go to the site you want to debug in Local > 4. Start the site > 5. Click on the Utilities tab > 6. Click the “Add Run Configuration to VS Code” link - this will create an xdebug/vscode configuration file inside the app/public folder > Debugging > 1. Open the app/public folder in vscode > 2. Start debugging (command/control + shift + p and then type “debug” then click “Debug: Start Debugging” > 3. Load the site in your browser I then open my index.php file in VSCode and set several breakpoints. I refresh the site in the browser, but my breakpoints are not hit. Here is my launch.json { ``` "version": "0.2.0", "configurations": [ { "name": "Listen for Xdebug (Local)", "type": "php", "request": "launch", "port": 9000, "xdebugSettings": { "max_children": 128, "max_data": 1024, "max_depth": 3, "show_hidden": 1 } }, { "name": "Launch currently open script", "type": "php", "request": "launch", "program": "${file}", "cwd": "${fileDirname}", "port": 9000, "xdebugSettings": { "max_children": 128, "max_data": 1024, "max_depth": 3, "show_hidden": 1 } } ] ``` } When I start my website in Local, the url that appears in my browser is: [http://localhost:10005](http://localhost:10005) I have tried altering the port in my launch.json to 10005, but it has no affect. Any help would be much appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![ben.turner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/ben.turner/32/5366_2.png) [@ben.turner](https://community.localwp.com/u/ben.turner)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/xdebug-vscode-breakpoints-not-hit-when-debugging/26652/2 "2021-07-26T20:31:32Z")
> [@localuser](#): > > I then open my index.php file in VSCode and set several breakpoints. Which `index.php` file are you accessing? You might try setting a breakpoint within the `wp-config.php` file since sometimes the `index.php` file of a WP project isn’t run. ---
**Author:** ![localuser](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/localuser/32/13668_2.png) [@localuser](https://community.localwp.com/u/localuser)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 2:59am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/xdebug-vscode-breakpoints-not-hit-when-debugging/26652/3 "2021-07-27T02:59:38Z")
Hi Ben, Thanks for the help. I had added this line to my index.php > echo ‘this shows we have made it here’; and put the breakpoint on that line. I can see the text is output on my site, so I know the line is being executed. Unfortunately, the breakpoint was not hit. Also also tried your suggestion & put the breakpoint at wp-config.php but it was not hit there either. ---
**Author:** ![afragen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/afragen/32/31_2.png) [@afragen](https://community.localwp.com/u/afragen)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 3:58am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/xdebug-vscode-breakpoints-not-hit-when-debugging/26652/4 "2021-07-27T03:58:55Z")
Out of curiosity what version of PHP are you using on the site in question? ---
**Author:** ![localuser](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/localuser/32/13668_2.png) [@localuser](https://community.localwp.com/u/localuser)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 4:53am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/xdebug-vscode-breakpoints-not-hit-when-debugging/26652/5 "2021-07-27T04:53:08Z")
I actually got this working. I am not sure what version of XDebug is shipped with Local, so I added these lines to my php.ini.hbs > xdebug.mode = debug > xdebug.start\_with\_request = yes > xdebug.remote\_enable = 1 > xdebug.remote\_autostart = 1 > xdebug.remote\_port = 9003 I then changed the port in my launch.json from 9000 to 9003 ---
**Author:** ![afragen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/afragen/32/31_2.png) [@afragen](https://community.localwp.com/u/afragen)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 2:48am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/xdebug-vscode-breakpoints-not-hit-when-debugging/26652/6 "2021-07-28T02:48:44Z")
PHP 8 includes xDebug 3.0 which requires the port change to 9003 > **[Install PHP 8](https://community.localwp.com/t/install-php-8/22673/8)** > > Also xdebug.start\_with\_request=trigger is more appropriate as running the step debugger even when it is not activated in the IDE will generate warnings. In summary, what seems to work consistently is if I change the php.ini.hbs file inside of... ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://community.localwp.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/xdebug-vscode-breakpoints-not-hit-when-debugging/26652/7 "2021-08-06T17:16:27Z")
This topic was automatically closed 36 hours after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.