Debugging (Xdebug) of post queries

Hi!

I want to ask about my debuggig workflow.

I have javascript register form which sends post request to /user/register URI.

My application uses index.php as single entrance point due to .htaccess with RewriteRule directive:

...
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]
...

To debug this request I use following debuger configurations:

Configuration -> File: path_to_app_dir/index.php
Command Line -> Environment variables: REQUEST_METHOD=POST;REQUEST_URI=/users/register

But besides that, I have to insert this code at the beginnig of index.php file:

$_POST['login'] = 'lofin';
$_POST['password'] = 'password';

This approach works well for me, but I'm curious: do I do everything right? Maybe there is better, easiest and more proper way to do this?