Remote debugging won't stop at breakpoints

Question

I'm having a problem with xdebug not stopping at breakpoints when using remote debugging (everything is fine when running scripts via the command line). It will break at the first line of the program, then exit, not catching any breakpoints.

It used to work fine, until I switched over to using MacPorts for Apache and PHP. I've tried re-compiling it several times (with several versions), but no dice.

I'm using PHP 5.3.1 and Xdebug 2.1.0-beta3

I've also tried at least 3 different debugging programs (MacGDBp, Netbeans and JetBrains Web IDE).

My php.ini settings look like:

[xdebug] xdebug.remote_enable=1 xdebug.remote_handler=dbgp xdebug.remote_mode=req xdebug.remote_port=9000 xdebug.remote_host=localhost xdebug.idekey=webide 

And when I log the debugger output, setting a breakpoint looks like this/;

<- breakpoint_set -i 895 -t line -f file:///Users/WM_imac/Sites/wm/debug_test.php -n 13 -s enabled -> <response xmlns="urn:debugger_protocol_v1" xmlns:xdebug="http://xdebug.org/dbgp/xdebug" command="breakpoint_set" transaction_id="895" state="enabled" id="890660002"></response>

When run, the debugger will get the context of the first line of the application, then send the detach and stop messages.

However, this line is output when starting the debugger.

<- feature_get -i 885 -n breakpoint_types -> <response xmlns="urn:debugger_protocol_v1" xmlns:xdebug="http://xdebug.org/dbgp/xdebug" command="feature_get" transaction_id="885" feature_name="breakpoint_types" supported="1"><![CDATA[line conditional call return exception]]></response>

Does 'line conditional call return exception' mean anything?

Answer 1

I had this problem and took me ages to find the answer.

In your debug config, in the server area, click Configure, go to Path Mapping, click the path that's there and click edit, change to Path in file system and navigate to the correct file.

Done.