Are there any common pitfalls or challenges when using Xdebug with PHP?

One common challenge when using Xdebug with PHP is encountering performance issues due to the overhead of debugging functions. To solve this, it is recommended to only enable Xdebug when needed and disable it when not actively debugging. 

// Enable Xdebug only when needed
if (function_exists('xdebug_start_trace')) {
    xdebug_start_trace();
    
    // Code to debug
    
    xdebug_stop_trace();
}

Keywords

Xdebug debugging breakpoints stack trace profiling

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