I've been running Eclipse PDT for my PHP work for a while now, and during my down time discovered how to get it working with XDebug.

Since starting at the new job though, we've had a little bit of a budget to spend on things like training and professional tools, so I got a copy of Zend Studio for Eclipse.  It's just like PDT but with a few extra helpers and templates, and it's supported - which is always nicer than having to Google for answers all the time.

Only problem is, they appear to have disabled support for XDebug (in version 6.01 at least).  I'm not sure why - maybe it was to keep their support costs down, or maybe it was to encourage users to buy their full platform and toolkit.  Whatever the reason, I missed XDebug, so had to bring it back.

So I hunted around and found a solution for it.  Fortunately, some of the users on Zend's Devzone had come up with a solution, which I Mac-ified.  I've added it to the tip page for your viewing pleasure.

In swotting up for my Zend Certified Engineer exam, I decided that I should really knuckle down and learn a bunch of design patterns if I'm ever going to consider myself a true OO coding professional.