How to debug a PHP application on a remote server (Ubuntu) when developing through VSC?

Question

PHP

I am making a Laravel application on a remote server, because this is a Telegram bot and it needs https for the webhook.

Accordingly, even var_dump() is not always really done, because the application is initiated by the Telegram server - requests from it go to the webhook and responses - to it, respectively.

When problems arise, I make an output in the log, and through this I debug.

But what if there is something more convenient? Because constantly monitoring the contents of the log is such a thing, it is not always updated correctly, etc.

I edit scripts via VSC extension Remote - SSH (from Microsoft).

What do you advise?