New guy to NetBeans Debugger

[williamrouse]

As a new NetBeans user I am working my way through the tutorial and I am unable to get the debugger to work. A prompt appears at the bottom right of the screen saying it is trying to connect to xdebug and is unable to do so. --- Waiting For Connection( netbeans-xdebug). The page then runs through without hitting any of the breakpoints.
First is here is my configuration:
Product Version: NetBeans IDE 6.5.1 (Build 200903060201)
Java: 1.6.0_12; Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 11.2-b01
System: Windows XP version 5.1 running on x86; Cp1252; en_US (nb)
Running on Windows Vista
Using PHP 5.2.8

Second question:
I am uncertain that I placed the correct xdebug DLL file or files to be found. On the Xdebug site I found six files and placed the 3 that were thread safe, but I am not sure I am placing the correct one but from the name I think it is a good guess. Here are the lines I placed in php.ini file per the tutorial:

zend_extension_ts="C:\PHP5\modules\php_xdebug-2.0.4-5.2.8.dll"
xdebug.remote_enable=1
xdebug.remote_host=localhost
xdebug.remote_port=9000
xdebug.remote_handler=dbgp

Thank you
WBR

[williamrouse]

Problem solved. I found an error where two lines were joined and I can debug now.

[brianb]

I have the same problem you have stated. However, I don't understand what you did to fix the problem. could you explain further what change you made? Thanks.

[williamrouse]

What I can offer is the addition I added to my php.ini file.

[brianb]

Thanks for the response. I added the following lines

xdebug.profiler_enable=1
xdebug.profiler_output_dir="C:\temp\php"
xdebug.show_local_vars=on

to my php.ini file and set

xdebug.remote_enable=on

instead of

xdebug.remote_enable=1

but it still doesn't work. I think the =1 may be for Linux installations. It's kind of hard to tell from the installation instructions. Anyway, I entered more details about my problem at

http://forums.netbeans.org/viewtopic.php?t=10062&highlight=

Thanks for the assistance.

[slo_town]

My problem with xdebug is similar but it is on a CentOS 5 installation
NetBeans 6.5.1
XDebug 2.0.4
Apache 2.2.3

I get the message "Waiting For Connection (netbeans-xdebug)" and it waits forever.

I followed the installation instructions in the XDebug README.
When I do "php -m" from the command line, XDebug is not listed.

In php.ini (the only php.ini in the system), I have the ff lines:

zend_extension="/usr/lib/php/modules/xdebug.so"

[Debug]
xdebug.remote_enable = On
xdebug.remote_handler = dbgp
xdebug.remote_host =localhost
xdebug.remote_port = 9000

I've also restarted httpd.

Any ideas?

[williamrouse]

Not really although on non-windows system I would try:
xdebug.remote_enable = 1

When you run phpinfo() do you see a xdebug section? I guess that is the same as “php –m”, is it not?

I also added these three lines but they should make no difference:
xdebug.profiler_enable=1
xdebug.profiler_output_dir="C:\temp\php"
xdebug.show_local_vars=on

[slo_town]

I don't see xdebug when I run phpinfo();

[williamrouse]

Did you try 1 instead of on?

I also remember seeing a note about the an incompatability between the Java version being used on Unix systems and NetBeans.

I don't have good advice for you.

[slo_town]

Yes, I tried setting xdebug.remote_enable = 1

Thanks for replying. At least, someone is listening.

[slo_town]

After paying more attention to the comments (see below) in the php.ini file, I created a xdebug.ini file:

;;;;
; Note: packaged extension modules are now loaded via the .ini files
; found in the directory /etc/php.d; these are loaded by default.
;;;;

However, neither phpinfo() nor "php -m" shows xdebug as a PHP extension nor a Zend extension.
phpinfo() lists xdebug.ini in additional .ini files parsed.

[williamrouse]

You found this in the php.ini file?
;;;;
; Note: packaged extension modules are now loaded via the .ini files
; found in the directory /etc/php.d; these are loaded by default.
;;;;

What version of PHP are you using?

[slo_town]

I am using
PHP 5.2.9
zend 2.2.0
xdebug 2.0.4

[williamrouse]

I assume from the first note you wrote earlier today things are not working so let me ask a couple of questions.
In the following line you are using a file called "php_xdebug-2.0.4-5.2.9.dll"

[Jeff Rubinoff]

slo_town,
Just checking that the php.ini file you edited was the one shown in
Configuration File when you run phpinfo().
And that your zend_extension_ts points to the correct location.
And that you are indeed using the thread-safe xdebug version.
I don't know why you created an xdebug.ini. To my knowledge, all
settings are in php.ini.

Jeff

slo_town wrote: