Valet-plus: XDebug error: listen EADDRINUSE :::9000

[lumpysimon]

I've installed the PHP Debug extension in VS Code, generated the launch.json file with a 'Listen for XDebug' config, installed the Firefox XDebug helper, and enabled XDebug in Valet using valet xdebug on.

But when I click the green debug arrow in VS Code, I get this error: listen EADDRINUSE :::9000.

Have I done everything correctly, and if so, any ideas what could be causing this error?

[lumpysimon]

Here's my launch.json file:

{
    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
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    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Listen for XDebug",
            "type": "php",
            "request": "launch",
            "port": 9000
        },
        {
            "name": "Launch currently open script",
            "type": "php",
            "request": "launch",
            "program": "${file}",
            "cwd": "${fileDirname}",
            "port": 9000
        }
    ]
}

[SanderAtom]

You can check what's listening on port 9000 with lsof -n -i -P | grep LISTEN to see what's blocking phpstorm to listen on that port.

[lumpysimon]

I've got around this by using port 9001 instead.

[vanthao03596]

I've got around this by using port 9001 instead.

Hi, i got same error, please guide me to change port.

[SanderAtom]

@vanthao03596 you can change the port Xdebug is listening to in /usr/local/etc/valet-php/{php-version}/conf.d/z-performance.ini and change xdebug.remote_port=9000.
Don't forget to change the port in PhpStorm as well.

[ChristopherDosin]

@SanderAtom In /usr/local/etc/valet-php/7.2/conf.d there is no z-performance.ini. Only an ext-opcache.ini.

My phpinfo() is saying the path is /usr/local/etc/php/7.2/conf.d/z-performance.ini. If i change the port in this config file, restart valet phpinfo()still says port 9000.

I am searching and trying now for hours, i don't know why php is not changing the port ...

[SanderAtom]

Can you join our Slack through https://github.com/weprovide/valet-plus/#get-in-touch ?
Easier to debug what's going on. You should be using [email protected] for php, not the regular php. This means it might be misconfigured or your Valet+ is not up-to-date.

[vanthao03596]

@SanderAtom thanks you so much.

[sillygooseco]

came across this issue on VScode for windows , the best way (if you dont want to change the port number) , open up powershell
run this command

Get-Process -Id (Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 9000).OwningProcess

then kill the process with with the process id in the table

| Handles | NPM(K) | PM(K) | WS(K) | CPU(s) | Id | SI | ProcessName |
| ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- |
| 261 | 148 | 20788 | 26296 | 6.25 | 18748 | 4 | Code|

for me it was Id 18748 , some instance of vs code still running.
so kill the process with the proper process id

Stop-process -Id 18748

or you can look that up in task manager and kill it

hope that helps to any one looking for this