Install and enable xDebug with PHP v7.2 in Mac OSX

Install xDebug with pecl

Step # 01

pecl install xdebug

If encountered with error?

which pecl

its located at :
/usr/local/bin/pecl

cd /usr/local/Cellar/php/7.2.6/

if you look in this directory, there's a pecl symlink, simply remove and try installing it again.

rm -rf pecl

Perform step 1 now.

It should now install fine without any errors.

Step # 02

Bu default, xDebug extension added to your php.ini file but we need to add complete path for xDebug to make it work.

locate your php.ini

php --ini

subl /usr/local/etc/php/7.2/php.ini

Step # 03

Add the extension in php.ini

zend_extension="/usr/local/Cellar/php/7.2.6/pecl/20170718/xdebug.so"

Step # 04

Restart your server, in my case, Its valet.

valet restart

It should restart without any warnings or errors. Cheers.