In the previous parts of this series we got you started with HHVM and showed how we could get the symfony standard edition running on HHVM. This time we will dive deeper into HHVM by using it to debug our application.
For most people the easiest way of debugging a PHP application is to place
var_dump() and die() statements all over the code. Another option is
installing xdebug, which has gotten a lot easier nowadays due to IDE
integrations.
In this blog post we'll show you how to debug your PHP application using HHVM. We describe how you can step through your program, set and manage your breakpoints, how to inspect variables and take a peek at helpful features like conditional breakpoints.