herd (non-pro) XDEBUG settings

8.4-fpm.conf

;; append this section to your *-fpm.conf
;; e.g. ~/Library/Application\ Support/Herd/config/fpm/8.4-fpm.conf

;; Turn off clear_env to allow for setting XDEBUG_MODE environment
;; See https://www.php.net/manual/en/install.fpm.configuration.php#clear-env
clear_env = No

php.ini

# append this section to your php.ini
# e.g. ~/Library/Application\ Support/Herd/config/php/84/php.ini

# XDEBUG: see https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/debugging/xdebug#xdebug
zend_extension=/Applications/Herd.app/Contents/Resources/xdebug/xdebug-84-arm64.so
# Use debug, coverage,gcstats,profile,trace depending on your needs see https://xdebug.org/docs/all_settings#mode
# Use off to have close to 0 overhead
# Override with XDEBUG_MODE=debug for example
# e.g. XDEBUG_MODE=debug vendor/bin/pest tests/Unit/ExampleTest.php
# If you use php-fpm, you also need to adapt your fpm config
xdebug.mode=off
xdebug.start_with_request=yes
xdebug.start_upon_error=yes