Why does xdebug not establish connection with NetBeans?

Question

I try using xdebug with NetBeans to debug PHP. I start debug, and NetBeans waits for ever for a connection with xdebug. I have NetBeans 6.8 (latest version) with the latest

Answer 1

Finally, I had to add the idekey value like this:

xdebug.idekey="netbeans-xdebug"

now it works :-)