Getting PHPStorm working with XDebug

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I am trying to get PHPStorm to talk to Xdebug, and am having very little luck.

Here is my setup: I have a VM which shares my php files from my local machine

I am trying to follow this: http://blog.jetbrains.com/webide/2011/02/zero-configuration-debugging-with-xdebug-and-phpstorm-2-0/

I put the following in my php.ini

zend_extension = /usr/lib64/php/modules/xdebug.so
xdebug.remote_connect_back = 1
xdebug.remote_enable = 1
xdebug.remote_handler = dbgp
xdebug.remote_mode = req
xdebug.remote_port = 9000
xdebug.remote_host = <my ip address>
xdebug.remote_log = /tmp/xdebug_remote.log

It appears I successfully got xdebug running according to phpinfo().

I open my script, turn on the listener. But when I get to the "Activate debugger on server" portion of the tutorial, things fall apart. I download the firefox addon to start the debugger(this one: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/easy-xdebug/), click the icon to start the debugger, reload the page, but phpstorm does not find it. I also tried adding XDEBUG_SESSION_START=1 as a POST value yet still no luck.

What am I doing wrong?

Edited, changed IP address to my localhost IP address. In addition I tried to debug on my VM via vim, and nothing. I don't know whats wrong anymore. — Logick
– Logick, Commented Sep 13, 2011 at 21:20
can you ssh from your host into your vm? Can you open a webpage using ip.of.vm? What happens is that the xdebug will connect back to your ide at the ip address and port# (9000) you have specified. If it cannot make a connection to port 9k for some reason, it will not work. — gview
– gview, Commented Sep 13, 2011 at 22:00
Full guide here: How to debug code on a remote server (or in vagrant box) with PHPStorm — Sliq
– Sliq, Commented Oct 22, 2013 at 15:17

gview · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-13 01:15:56Z

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You want your remote_host to be the ip address that the vm sees on your localhost. It's not the IP address you get from your ISP.

answered Sep 13, 2011 at 1:15

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Logick Over a year ago

Fixed that and still no luck :(

Logick Over a year ago

found the issue, this was part of it, the other issue was my httpd conf still have the incorrect port value in it.

Ryan Over a year ago

With vagrant, I've had luck leaving remote_host empty and just using remote_connect_back=1.

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