Enable/Disable xDebug depending on env.

start-container.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

###
# A CMD or ENTRYPOINT script for a Dockerfile to use to start a Nginx/PHP-FPM
#
# For more details, see 🐳 https://shippingdocker.com
##

if [ ! "production" == "$APP_ENV" ] && [ ! "prod" == "$APP_ENV" ]; then
    # Enable xdebug

    ## FPM
    ln -sf /etc/php/7.0/mods-available/xdebug.ini /etc/php/7.0/fpm/conf.d/20-xdebug.ini

    ## CLI
    ln -sf /etc/php/7.0/mods-available/xdebug.ini /etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-xdebug.ini
else
    # Disable xdebug

    ## FPM
    if [ -e /etc/php/7.0/fpm/conf.d/20-xdebug.ini ]; then
        rm -f /etc/php/7.0/fpm/conf.d/20-xdebug.ini
    fi

    ## CLI
    if [ -e /etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-xdebug.ini ]; then
        rm -f /etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-xdebug.ini
    fi
fi

# Config /etc/php/7.0/mods-available/xdebug.ini
# to correctly set the remote_host to your host computer's IP address
sed -i "s/xdebug\.remote_host\=.*/xdebug\.remote_host\=$XDEBUG_HOST/g" /etc/php/7.0/mods-available/xdebug.ini

# start supervisord, which
# in turn will start Nginx/PHP-FPM
/usr/bin/supervisord

xdebug.ini

zend_extension=xdebug.so
xdebug.remote_enable=1
xdebug.remote_handler=dbgp
xdebug.remote_port=9000
xdebug.remote_autostart=1
xdebug.remote_connect_back=0
xdebug.idekey=docker
; This IP address will get changed
; dynamically when the container starts
xdebug.remote_host=192.168.1.2

if someone wants the XDEBUG_HOST on your Linux machine, try this out to get the host address: https://medium.com/@sirajul.anik/docker-for-linux-localhost-docker-connect-to-host-machine-from-a-docker-container-in-linux-fa42b00f161e