What I need if a “listener” (XDEBUG? ZEND?) in my PHP IDE that will enable Step by Step debugging when I run my frontend in the browser and execute my http requests. I have deployed it to my provider and all works, so no issues there.

This is a copy of my “production” environment. Both https but that doesn’t matter I believe. My front end runs on a locally defined webserver like “” and my Slim backend runs also locally defined webserver like “”. I develop on a Mac with VS Code/Angular and Netbeans/PHP (although I download PHPStorm also today to see their debug facilities and hope that will bring me further).

Till now I simply use Postman and echo back to debug but do not want to continue like that. All work fine but I haven’t figured out how to debug my Slim Backend. I use Rest Api’s to get data or post files to my back end from the Angular built front end. I’m building my website with an Angular front end and a Slim 4 back end. I’m new at this forum and hope someone can guide me in the right direction.

Download postman xdebug