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by cturhan 2646 days ago
How come it has a best developer experience? Even setting up xdebug and starting debugging is a pain. Most of the developers codes in php use `echo` for a long time.

PS: I haven't used php for 2 years, let me know if there is an update on debugging.

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Yes I totally agree that setting up or rather understanding how the debugging cylcle works with php is not straight forward. It doesn't work out of the box and one has to dig into php internas. However, it pays off, as one can do remote debugging on e.g. a docker development machine or similar...

I am not sure how well such a feature is supported in javascript, ruby, java or what not out of the box...