Compare the Top Debugging Tools that integrate with PHP as of June 2025

This a list of Debugging tools that integrate with PHP. Use the filters on the left to add additional filters for products that have integrations with PHP. View the products that work with PHP in the table below.

What are Debugging Tools for PHP?

Debugging tools, also known as debuggers, are software tools that enable web developers and software developers to debug their code and applications in order to improve the quality and security of the code and application. Compare and read user reviews of the best Debugging tools for PHP currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    PlatformIO

    PlatformIO

    PlatformIO

    Professional collaborative platform for embedded development. PlatformIO is a next-generation, collaborative platform for embedded development that enables customers to save resources and time by vastly reducing the expenses and labor associated with creating and maintaining product software. We believe the embedded systems industry desperately needs reinvention. Not only are the IDEs and tools built with technology from the 1990s, but they involve many complex requirements and platform-dependent configurations that turn away talented developers from becoming embedded engineers. The most loved IDE solution for Microsoft Visual Studio Code. A user-friendly and extensible integrated development environment with a set of professional development instruments, providing modern and powerful features to speed up yet simplify the creation and delivery of embedded products. PlatformIO is written in pure Python and doesn't depend on any additional libraries/tools from an operation system.
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    Xdebug

    Xdebug

    Xdebug

    Xdebug is an extension for PHP, and provides a range of features to improve the PHP development experience. A way to step through your code in your IDE or editor while the script is executing. An improved var_dump() function, stack traces for notices, warnings, errors, and exceptions to highlight the code path to the error. Writes every function call, with arguments and invocation location to disk. Optionally also includes every variable assignment and return value for each function. Allows you, with the help of visualization tools, to analyze the performance of your PHP application and find bottlenecks. Shows which parts of your code base are executed when running unit tests with PHPUnit. Installing Xdebug with a package manager is often the fastest way. You can substitute the PHP version with the one that matches the PHP version that you are running. You can install Xdebug through PECL on Linux & macOS with Homebrew.
    Starting Price: Free
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    Polar Signals

    Polar Signals

    Polar Signals

    Polar Signals cloud is an always-on, zero-instrumentation continuous profiling product that helps improve performance, understand incidents, and lower infrastructure costs. With just one command and the easiest onboarding guide you’ll ever see, you can start saving costs and optimizing performance in your infrastructure. Travel back in time to pinpoint incidents and issues. Profiling data provides unique insight and depth into what a process executed over time. Utilize profiling data collected over time to confidently and statistically identify hot paths for optimization. Many organizations have 20-30% of resources wasted with code paths that could be easily optimized. Polar Signals Cloud employs an exceptional blend of technologies, purpose-built to deliver the profiling toolset essential for today's evolving infrastructure and applications. With a zero instrumentation setup, deploy immediately and reap the benefits of actionable observability data.
    Starting Price: $50 per month
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    SonarQube for IDE
    Easy to use, no configuration needed — just install from your favorite IDE marketplace and continue to code while SonarQube for IDE (formerly SonarLint) does its job. Your current linting tools may come with overhead – specialized tools for languages or longer setup and config time. With SonarQube for IDE, you can settle on a single solution to address your Code Quality and Code Security issues. We have you covered with hundreds of unique, language-specific rules to catch Bugs, Code Smells, and Security Vulnerabilities right in the IDE, as you code. From dangerous regex patterns to non-compliant coding standards, SonarQube for IDE is your true confidante in delivering error-free code. With an intelligent tool by your side, your mistakes are only visible to you so you can understand them, quickly remediate them, and learn along the way.
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    TotalView

    TotalView

    Perforce

    TotalView debugging software provides the specialized tools you need to quickly debug, analyze, and scale high-performance computing (HPC) applications. This includes highly dynamic, parallel, and multicore applications that run on diverse hardware — from desktops to supercomputers. Improve HPC development efficiency, code quality, and time-to-market with TotalView’s powerful tools for faster fault isolation, improved memory optimization, and dynamic visualization. Simultaneously debug thousands of threads and processes. Purpose-built for multicore and parallel computing, TotalView delivers a set of tools providing unprecedented control over processes and thread execution, along with deep visibility into program states and data.
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    SwapCode AI

    SwapCode AI

    SwapCode AI

    SwapCode AI is a special helper that makes it easy to change one kind of code into another. Imagine if you were playing with blocks, and you wanted to turn a square block into a round one—it does that for code! It helps developers and teams make their code work in new ways without breaking anything. It works with lots of different types of code, like the ones used to make websites, games, and apps. For example, if you have a puzzle piece that fits in a Java puzzle but needs to fit in a Python puzzle, SwapCode AI knows how to reshape it perfectly! It even makes sure the new piece is easy to read and use. SwapCode AI is super smart and fits right into your tools, so you can use it while you’re working without any extra steps. It helps teams work together, even if they’re using different tools or languages.
    Starting Price: $20/month
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