Php – Xdebug not working with PHPStorm

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I use PHPStorm along with Xdebug to step through my code. PHPStorm is running on a Windows 7 machine, and my local webserver is running on a separate CentOS 6.4 machine. I've done a phpinfo(); to verify that Xdebug is being loaded by PHP, and it is. The following are the settings for my Xdebug in the PHP.ini:

    [xdebug]
    zend_extension="/usr/lib/php/modules/xdebug.so"
    xdebug.remote_enable = 1
    xdebug.remote_port = 9000
    xdebug.remote_host = "192.168.1.130"
    xdebug.remote_log = "/var/log/httpd/xdebug_log"

I similarly setup PHPStorm to use my CentOS server as the debugging server, and I listen for connections. I assigned static IPs to both of these machines. Using a Chrome Xdebug plugin to set the appropriate cookies, I attempt to set a breakpoint, but nothing happens. When I go to look in /var/log/httpd/xdebug_log (which has 777 permissions), nothing is written there. I've opened up port 9000, and I can telnet from my CentOS machine back to my Windows machine on port 9000 no problem. I also set SELinux to permissive, but to no avail.

Any ideas what could be happening here?

Best Answer

Try to configure your project in PhpStorm

Open Settings->Languages & Frameworks->PHP->Debug
Uncheck the "Ignore external connections through unregistered server configurations" option
OK

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Settings up xdebug on MAMP PRO

Since release of MAMP 2.01 XDebug is already included.

Solved. Here's the tutorial that helped me:

Start MAMP
Edit php.ini template file through MAMP to enable the extension. Edit the template file via File -> Edit Template -> PHP -> PHP php.ini

Edit bottom of php.ini template file so that it ends up looking like if you want profile output

[xdebug]
zend_extension="/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.3.6/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/xdebug.so"
xdebug.profiler_enable = 1
xdebug.profiler_output_dir = "/tmp"
; DONT REMOVE: MAMP PRO php5.3.6.ini template compatibility version: 1

If you don’t want profile output and just want xdebug running then use

[xdebug]
zend_extension="/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.3.6/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/xdebug.so"
xdebug.profiler_enable = 0
xdebug.profiler_output_dir = "/tmp"
; DONT REMOVE: MAMP PRO php5.3.6.ini template compatibility version: 1

Now when you have errors, if they are sent to standard out, you will see something like this

My php.ini file:

edited php.ini file to run xdebug on mamp mac osx

Save edited template and close edit window
Restart MAMP
Open MAMP’s WebStart page and navigate to PHPInfo tab. Check to make sure that Xdebug is running. Doing a search in the browser window for “Xdebug” makes this easy.
If you used the same settings that I have above, when you run PHP code, Xdebug will put the cachegrind.out files in your ‘/tmp’ directory. Open your ‘/temp’ directory and run one of your PHP files to make sure it is working correctly. You can open the ‘/tmp’ directory in finder by opening the terminal and running
```
open /tmp
```
Now you can use any app that understands those cachegrind.out files to view the profile data. Apps like KCacheGrind (Linux/Windows, KDE), WinCacheGrind (Windows), xdebugtoolkit, and Webgrind. I went the simple route and used webgrind. Webgrind is a simple web based application that you can run locally on MAMP and it will look for the cachegrind.out files automatically with just one click. Continue for steps on setting up with webgrind.
Download Webgrind
Setup Webgrind host on MAMP to run Webgrind
Visit webgrind url setup on your local MAMP installation. Mine was simply webgrind/
If you already have cachegrind output files you should be able to select the file in the “Auto (newest)” dropdown or leave it select at Auto and click update which will reveal the profile data
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PHPStorm unable to make external connection with xdebug

It's possible that port 9000 is being used by some other process.

In php.ini set xdebug.remote_port=9001 or another unused port of your choosing.
In PHPStorm go to Settings->PHP->Debug and under the Xdebug section set Debug port to 9001.
Restart your web server.
Start debugging.

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