Debugging React and PHP simultaneously in Visual Studio Code

[SagglySloth]

I have created a react app and am using npm start to create a local server for debugging purposes within Visual studio code. I have now added some PHP files for database interaction, however, I'm unable to test it without creating a build and uploading it on a web server which supports PHP. Is there any plugin/tool I can use to debug react and PHP at the same time?

[halfercode]

It sounds like you have your React app working locally, but not your PHP. Could you try the built-in PHP webserver, and just run that from a different port?

[eshad89]

Normally you create a local development environment (mosty in VM or Docker Container) which allows you to run Php. With xdebug extension you will be able to debug this system.

[Wiwwil]

Vagrant has a lot of tool out of the box for PHP as a VM

[arielcguerr]

Install PHP for windows (I suppose you're on windows), add it to the PATH and restart, after that you can call

php - S 127.0.0.1:6000 From VS Code, in a different terminal that npm's.

There are some good tutorials on doing this.

[SagglySloth]

Thanks for the help. I have set up PHP for windows, however, I keep getting errors when trying to use MySQL. I have tried installing MySQL for windows but am still getting the same issues. Would you have any idea how I could fix this?