[ANNOUNCEMENT] xdebug-2.6.0alpha1 (beta) Released.

The new PECL package xdebug-2.6.0alpha1 (beta) has been released at http://pecl.php.net/. Release notes ------------- Sat, Dec 2, 2018 - xdebug 2.6.0alpha1 + Added features: - Implemented issue #474: Added "memory" output to profiling files, to find out where memory is allocated. - Implemented issue #575: Dump super globals contents to error log upon errors, just like when this would happen for stack traces. - Implemented issue #964: Parse X-Forwarded-For for the first IP address when selecting the remote_connect_back host (Steve Easley). - Implemented issue #990: Add DBGp: notifications for notices and warnings to be shown in IDEs. - Implemented issue #1312: Implement extended_properties feature to remote debugging to support names and values with low ASCII values. - Implemented issue #1323: Added xdebug.filename_format setting to configure the formatting of filenames when tracing. - Implemented issue #1379: Added support for Unix domain sockets to xdebug.remote_host (Sara Golemon). - Implemented issue #1380: Added xdebug_is_debugger_active() that returns true when debugger is connected. - Implemented issue #1391: Added support for earlier stack frames through new argument for xdebug_call_* functions. - Implemented issue #1420: Handle PHP 7.2's new methods for switch/case - Implemented issue #1470: Added xdebug.remote_timeout to make connect timeout configurable. - Implemented issue #1495: Make var_dump() also use the new xdebug.filename_format when formatting filenames. + Improvements: - Implemented issue #847: Added support for "%s" specifier for xdebug.trace_output_name. - Implemented issue #1384: Compile warning on Ubuntu 16.04 with GCC 5.4.x. - Implemented issue #1401: Improved error message in case the connection breaks. - Implemented issue #1430: Change DBGp tests to use TEST_PHP_EXECUTABLE instead of hard coded 'php' - Implemented issue #1484: Use FD_CLOEXEC with debugging sockets to prevent FDs from leaking to forked processes (Chris Wright). - Improve the foldexpr in xt.vim to fold lines correctly (Donie Leigh). = Fixed bugs: - Fixed issue #1272: property_get doesn't return @attributes for SimpleXMLElement. - Fixed issue #1305: Property names with quotes can not be fetch while debugging. - Fixed issue #1431: Fix "use after free" with in add_name_attribute_or_element. - Fixed issue #1432: Fixed memory leak with xdebug_path_info_dtor. - Fixed issue #1449: Debugging breaks with array element keys containing low-ASCII variables. - Fixed issue #1471: Tracing crashes with return_assignments and ternairy operator. - Fixed issue #1474: Crashes due to variable resolving/reading mechanism not taking care of temporary hash tables correctly (Nikita Popov, Derick). - Fixed issue #1481: Fixed s390x and ppc64 builds (Remi Collet). - Fixed issue #1486: Crash on ZEND_SWITCH_LONG / ZEND_SWITCH_STRING with more than 32 cases. - Fixed issue #1496: Rewrite README.rst to be more clear on how to install and build Xdebug. ~ Changes: - Fixed issue #1411: Use Error (Throwable) instead of fatal error when maximum nesting level is reached. - Removed features: - Implemented issue #1377: Drop support for PHP 5.5 and 5.6, only PHP 7 is now supported Package Info ------------- The Xdebug extension helps you debugging your script by providing a lot of valuable debug information. The debug information that Xdebug can provide includes the following: * stack and function traces in error messages with: o full parameter display for user defined functions o function name, file name and line indications o support for member functions * memory allocation * protection for infinite recursions Xdebug also provides: * profiling information for PHP scripts * code coverage analysis * capabilities to debug your scripts interactively with a debug client Related Links ------------- Package home: http://pecl.php.net/package/xdebug Changelog: http://pecl.php.net/package-changelog.php?package=xdebug Download: http://pecl.php.net/get/xdebug-2.6.0alpha1.tgz Authors ------------- Derick Rethans <derick@php.net> (lead)