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Wanting to configure xdebug in eclipse on debian. I can't seem to find the php executable, but var/www processes php in the current version. How can I find the executable to make xdebug work?

Here's my error message:

"Failed to launch on php server - Reason: Launch target not found."
JMC
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  • /usr/bin as phpPHPVERSION. For example, /usr/bin/php4. – subanki Sep 12 '10 at 07:16
  • @subanki - I told eclipse to use usr/bin/php5 but I keep getting the error message "Failed to launch on php server - Reason: Launch target not found." It has me scratching my head. – JMC Sep 12 '10 at 07:19
  • try typing "whereis php"..... try typing "updatedb" then afters when done type "locate php" – subanki Sep 12 '10 at 08:16

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which php

one the command line. It should tell you which version is installed. You might want to ls -l the result as it will be a symlink. Follow the symlinks until you get the install path.

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try out 

which php

which will "locate a command" (as the manpage tells me).

On a Debian system most commands are symlinks, which point to the real commands. That way you can easily have multiple versions or alternatives of an executable installed with a singe command pointing to the default one (see man update-alternatives or this article about alternatives.

On my Debian Lenny my php executable can be found at /usr/bin/php5.

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