[xdebug-general] Re: testing a remote install

On Mon, 22 Oct 2007, Mike D'Ambrogia wrote:

> I'm having problems with getting notepad++ to connect to xdebug and need
> to figure out if the problem lies in nb++ or my remote xdebug
> setup/config.
>
> I've got an Xdebug remote install on a FreeBSD server and wanting to
> reach it from a windows client PC over the network. Xdebug appears to
> be installed and running on the BSD box - I have the notice in the logo
> box in a phpinfo() dump along with the correct values per my php.ini
> settings shown further down the same phpinfo() page.
>
> how do I point my windows version of debugclient-0.9.0.exe towards the
> remote FreeBSD box to test the remote setup? do I use my local php.ini
> to store the settings of the remote box?

You don't configure the client (the "debugclient" is actually the
"server" :) - instead you configure Xdebug (through php.ini) on the
remote box to point to the IP address (with xdebug.remote_host in
php.ini) where debugclient is running at.

> fyi - on the remote doc website page the link behind "To use the bundled
> client simply start it after
> <http://xdebug.org/docs/install.php#debugclient> compiling and
> installing it" results in a 404

Fixed - thanks.

regards,
Derick

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