[UPHPU] Remote debugging with Xdebug on a Mac

[Walt Haas]

I use Xdebug and Netbeans on Ubuntu.  Basic requirements:

1.  The user running Netbeans must be able to write to the directory 
with the PHP files, ie. Apache DocRoot.  This is required for you to set 
a breakpoint.

2. Create a New Project and use the above directory.  You will need to 
specify the file to start execution with (index.php or whatever you use) 
and the URL (http://localhost/whateveryouuse/) to start execution.

3. Click on the Debug Project icon.  It will start the selected browser 
at whatever you said was the starting point.

4.  Now you can set breakpoints, single step or whatever.

-- Walt

Richard K Miller wrote:
> I reinstalled Xdebug today and was glad to rediscover it. It finally 
> "clicked" for me. (Installation was easy from MacPorts -- "sudo port 
> install php5-xdebug".)
>
> I'm trying to find a good solution for remote debugging. The concept 
> (which I just learned) is that your desktop debugging program listens 
> on port 9000 for connections from your local web server. Then when you 
> load a web page in your browser, the Xdebug extension, running in 
> Apache, communicates to your desktop program and allows you to step 
> through the code, set breakpoints, examine variables, etc.
>
> I tried MacGDBp[1] and liked it, but it was buggy. Too many freezes 
> and blank screens. Hard to blame an open-source program written by a 
> 19-year-old college student. Wow. When that app matures, it will be 
> killer.
>
> I'm currently trying NetBeans. There's a Mac version specifically for 
> PHP development and I'm impressed how easy it was to get started. 
> However, I don't know how to make NetBeans listen for Xdebug 
> connections. I can select "Debug Project" but that launches my 
> browser. I'm debugging AJAX calls so I don't want NetBeans to launch 
> the browser. I just want NetBeans to listen. (I've enabled autostart 
> in my php.ini file: "xdebug.remote_autostart=1" to make this 
> possible.) Can NetBeans do it?
>
> Does anyone currently use Xdebug for remote debugging, especially on a 
> Mac? A command-line utility would be fine too, as long as it will 
> allow me to step through code, set breakpoints, and examine variables.
>
> Richard
>
> P.S. Here are the relevant lines from my php.ini file, if it helps 
> anyone:
> zend_extension="/opt/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613/xdebug.so" 
>
> xdebug.remote_autostart=1
> xdebug.remote_enable=1
> xdebug.remote_host=127.0.0.1
> xdebug.remote_port=9000
>
> [1] http://www.bluestatic.org/software/macgdbp/
>
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