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I have an application I'm working on in which I make many AJAX calls to external PHP files. These PHP files get certain parameters, connect to the DB, and perform a task with them.

I just recently started using Netbeans for an IDE and love it thus far. However, whenever I put a breakpoint on one of my external PHP files (the ones I'm making AJAX requests to) and attempt to run the debugger, my breakpoints are never hit. Am I doing something wrong? Or does the Netbeans debugger not stop on the breakpoints of external files you are referencing?

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  • Sanity check: did you configure NB to use xdebug? Commented Feb 27, 2012 at 13:42
  • No! I guess I assumed it would be configured when I installed NB. I'm sort of a newbie with all this :-) Commented Feb 27, 2012 at 13:48
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    Here's your tutorial then: wiki.netbeans.org/HowToConfigureXDebug ;) Commented Feb 27, 2012 at 13:50
  • Awesome! Just edited my php.ini file and it's now stepping through my code! Thanks Mchl Commented Feb 27, 2012 at 13:56

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NetBeans need to be configured to use xdebug, before you can strt debugging. For instructions on installing and configuring xdebug see here: http://wiki.netbeans.org/HowToConfigureXDebug

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Thanks a million! Quick question - when I Run with Debugging, the debugger pauses at the beginning of each different file the application uses. Is there a way to auto-run through all my code up until it reaches the breakpoint?
I'm not sure about that one. You'd need to check xdebug docs I suppose.
Sounds good. Thanks for the quick & easy answer to my main question!
Just found the answer to my smaller question. For anyone wondering: to stop the debugger from pausing on the first line of each file, go to Tools >> Options >> PHP >> Debugging and uncheck the Stop at First Line option
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Here is a nice step-by-step tutorial for setting this up. A little less wordy than the netbeans documentation:

http://arturito.net/2011/05/21/local-and-remote-php-debuging-in-netbeans-with-xdebug-on-google-chrome-just-like-in-visual-studio/

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Perfect conlusion! A "little less wordy", LOL! :] When I saw Netbeans docs I thought: "What? They expect me to read all this blah, blah, blah over few pages to debug with Xdebug?"...

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