I’ve been using various debuggers for Vim. But when tried Vdeug, I realized Vdebug has almost all the possible features for a Vim Debugger.

Vdebug, technically, said to support languages that have a debugging engine that uses the DBGP protocol. This plugin has been designed with four languages in mind, PHP, Python, Ruby and Perl.

Vdebug: A powerful, fast, multi-language debugger for Vim

Vim Vdebug Debugger Stack

Vim Vdebug Debugger Watch

Vim Vdebug Debugger Status

Installing Vdebug Plugin

Clone the Vdebug Github repository in your local bundle.

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cd ~/.vim/bundle
git clone https://github.com/joonty/vdebug.git

PHP5-Xdebug Configuration

You also need to install Xdebug PHP extension using sudo apt-get install php5-xdebug.

Now configure xdebug initialization.

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zend_extension=/usr/lib/php5/20090626+lfs/xdebug.so

xdebug.remote_enable=1
xdebug.remote_handler=dbgp
xdebug.remote_mode=req
xdebug.remote_host=127.0.0.1
xdebug.remote_port=9000

xdebug.profiler_enable_trigger=1
xdebug.profiler_output_dir=/media/www/xdebugdata

Xdebug Helper Google Chrome Extension

Installl Xdebug Helper Chrome extension to easily start a debugging session via browser.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/xdebug-helper/eadndfjplgieldjbigjakmdgkmoaaaoc