Remote PHP Debugging with Netbeans and XDebug

Question

I\'m trying to use XDebug in the following scenario

• Physical Host on Windows 7, with Netbeans 7.1.1
• Virtual guest on Ubuntu, with Apache server and PH

Answer 1

Sorry, i can't comment anymore. @David @JamesB41: I've been looking for this too. My setup is a Windows 7 host with NetBeans 7.1, and an Ubuntu VM in VirtualBox. I have the NetBeans project set up as a remote project, uploading and downloading using SFTP.

The following setup works for me, just use your host's IP as remote_host, and make sure the VM can see it.

xdebug.remote_enable=1
xdebug.remote_handler=dbgp
xdebug.remote_host=10.217.165.193
xdebug.remote_port=9000
xdebug.remote_log="/tmp/log/xdebug.log"

NetBeans will stop at the entry point breakpoint (if you have the option set in PHP->Debugging). But, it won't stop on NetBeans-created breakpoints, because its running off the VM's files. You can use xdebug_break() though, and it will show stack and variables. It will stop at NetBeans breakpoints and highlight if you map the folders correctly in project config > Run Config > Advanced. Awesome. I am complete.

(The connect_back config didn't seem to help, possibly because $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] isn't populated.)