调试远程PHP CLI脚本

Question

Here is my situation:

I am developing PHP CLI scripts on a distant server using Eclipse IDE with the RSE plugin (allows to edit files directly on the server).

Now I need to debug these scripts in a similar fashion than in Java (break points, show the variables content, ...).

I found something that could do the job: XDebug and PDT (Eclipse plugin). The problem is that when I try to launch the debug mode Eclipse says that there is no PHP debugger on the local machine. I guess it should be installed on the server machine.

I would like to know if it's possible to use PDT and XDebug to debug remote scripts and, if it's the case, how to configure them to do so. If not, I'd like to know if other solutions exist. It seems like XDebug uses TCP so it should be possible to debug remotely. I can change my IDE if necessary.

The server runs Ubuntu 10.04 with php5-cli and the dev machine with eclipse runs Win7 32bit.

Thanks

Answer 1

Yes this is possible, you need to enable xdebug in the remote server's PHP.ini file and make sure that the xdebug port (default 9000) is not blocked by any firewalls.

xdebug's page on setting up remote debugging.