IntelliJ and xDebug - xdebug.file_link_format - intellij-idea

Question

I've searched much time about IntelliJ IDEA 12 and the xdebug.file_link_format configuration value.
I found nothing which works...
Using protocols like "idea", "intellij", "txmt", or other protocols doesn't work.
I found nothing about a plugin which register the IntelliJ protocol...
Is it possible to use the xdebug file links with IntelliJ IDEA or PhpStorm?

Answer 1

Yes and No.
No -- there is no proper built-in support for this. Watch this ticket for details: http://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-65879
Yes -- you may find some workaround, at very least the aforementioned ticket has recipes for Mac OS (using AppleScript) or via Remote Call etc.
Update: as of PhpStorm 8 you may use:
xdebug.file_link_format = "phpstorm://open?file=%f&line=%l"

Answer 2

Not out of the box, but it is possible to get the links to work. I have this working with Windows 7, Firefox and PhpStorm 10 - in this example, I'm using the protocol phpstorm://, but this will work regardless of the name.
create a custom protocol handler: Any executable will do, here I have modified a WScript from https://pla.nette.org/en/how-open-files-in-ide-from-debugger . Save as run-editor.js :
// note: edit the path, with backslashes escaped
var editor = '"c:\\Program Files (x86)\\JetBrains\\PhpStorm 143.434\\bin\\PhpStorm.exe" nosplash --line %line% "%file%"';
var url = WScript.Arguments(0);
var match = /^phpstorm:\/\/open\/\?file=(.+)&line=(\d+)$/.exec(url);
if (match) {
var file = decodeURIComponent(match[1]).replace(/\+/g, ' ');
var command = editor.replace(/%line%/g, match[2]).replace(/%file%/g, file);
var shell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
shell.Exec(command.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\'));
}
create the protocol in registry: create the following as editor.reg and import to Registry. Note that you again need to double-escape the path to the above file, and set it to wherever yours is saved:
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\phpstorm]
#="URL:phpstorm Protocol"
"URL Protocol"=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\phpstorm\shell\open\command]
#="wscript \"C:\\path\\to\\run-editor.js\" \"%1\""
enable the protocol in Firefox:
in about:config, create a "logical value" named
network.protocol-handler.expose.phpstorm and set it to false
open one such link in Firefox, e.g. phpstorm://open?file=somefile.html&line=123 - it should open in PhpStorm.

Answer 3

Per the comment from #gapple, this will make Xdebug link to the file/link in PhpStorm:
xdebug.file_link_format = "phpstorm://open?file=%f&line=%l"
I tested this in PhpStorm 10 on Mac and it works great.

Answer 4

You need to ad to the php.ini file in the [xdebug] section the following line:
xdebug.file_link_format = "phpstorm://open?file=%f&line=%l"
Then restart your web server (Apache for me on Mac)

Answer 5

The REST API is probably the best option now:
http://localhost:63342/api/file%f:%l
Wrapping in a javascript protocol and AJAX request allows the permission approval to be saved so you don't have to approve every time you click:
javascript: var r = new XMLHttpRequest; r.open('get', 'http://localhost:63342/api/file%f:%l');r.send()
API specs:
https://www.develar.org/idea-rest-api/