title: Getting xDebug listed on WampServser Debug Menu
body: <p>OK, been banging my head against the wall again for a few days. Trying to follow a suggestion from another answer on SO here: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11955822/php-file-caching-vs-cache-through-htaccess">https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11955822/php-file-caching-vs-cache-through-htaccess</a> . In trying to set up a local test environment with xDebug, I downloaded WampServer because it said that it was a complete package that came with xDebug included. I have tried various settings in PHP.ini, but cannot get xDebug to appear on the Debug menu of WampServer. I saw an image of a Wamp menu that had it listed in the Debug menu, along with WebGrind that I do have, but cannot accomplish the same feat.</p>
  
  <p>Here are my current PHP.ini settings for xDebug (that includes a few rem'd out):</p>
  
  <pre><code>; XDEBUG Extension
  
  ;zend_extension = "c:/wamp/bin/php/php5.3.13/zend_ext/php_xdebug-2.2.0-5.3-vc9.dll"
  
  zend_extension = c:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.13\ext\php_xdebug-2.2.1-5.3-vc9.dll
  
  [xdebug]
  xdebug.default_enable = On ;added
  xdebug.remote_enable = On ;Off
  xdebug.remote_port = 9000 ;added
  xdebug.remote_handler="dbgp" ;added
  xdebug.remote_host="localhost" ;added
  xdebug.profiler_enable = On
  xdebug.profiler_enable_trigger = On ;Off
  xdebug.profiler_output_name = cachegrind.out.%t.%p
  xdebug.profiler_output_dir = "c:/wamp/tmp"
  xdebug.trace_output_dir = "c:/wamp/tmp" ;added
  
  ;xdebug.show_local_vars=On
  ;xdebug.dump.SERVER=HTTP_HOST, SERVER_NAME
  ;xdebug.dump_globals=On
  ;xdebug.collect_params=4
  
  ;xdebug.show_local_vars=1
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Yes, I am aware that there are two separate PHP.ini files in Wamp, but making the change in both does nothing. </p>
  
  <p>I have tried the "custom installation" instructions on the xDebug website, but that does not do anything. </p>
  
  <p>phpinfo file lists it as being installed. </p>
  
  <p>I can find the xDebug client in the Wamp tool's folder and open it, but the open file option on the xDebug menu is grayed out and does not work. </p>
  
  <p>I have explored and tried various solutions found here on the SO website, but still no joy. </p>
  
  <p>I even found a nice step by step installation webpage for WampServer and xDebug here <a href="http://www3.ntu.edu.sg/home/ehchua/programming/howto/WampServer_HowTo.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www3.ntu.edu.sg/home/ehchua/programming/howto/WampServer_HowTo.html</a>, but all I succeeded in doing was downloading another very large program called eclipse, installing and configuring that, but still nothing. This does appear to be a nice looking program, but after doing the configuration, it does not seem to associate with wampserer either. </p>
  
  <p>xDebug and wampserver do appear to be very common issues asked here on SO...so any ideas that actually work???</p>
  
  <p>BTW: is there any way of increasing the font size in this question and comments box here on SO, so I do not have to use a magnifying glass to see what I am typing??? I know that it is repeated down below but it is a lot easier to see what you are typing, where you are typing...just my two cents...</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for any assistance,</p>
  
  <p>Stan...</p>