The original post: /r/php by /u/Bobcat_Maximum on 2024-09-30 13:27:21.

I discovered docker and xdebug. I don’t have to var dump anymore, it’s crazy I waited so much to use xdebug. Same for docker, I had to remake a site from php 7, no need to change php versions. I did it bare metal so to say until now, I know some stuff, but using docker helped me understand way more, even though docker is another abstraction layer.

So I recommend both xdebug and docker.