Debugging PHP in Docker with an AI Agent and Xdebug
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Debugging PHP in Docker with AI agents hits a wall when runtime state matters — LLMs guess wrong and PhpStorm's built-in MCP server only handles GET requests with no container control. The author built xdbg, a custom MCP server that gives AI agents a full Xdebug loop: enable/disable inside containers, set breakpoints, fire real HTTP requests with headers, step through code, and clean up automatically.
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