Debugging php-cli scripts with xdebug and netbeans?

Question

I have managed to initiate php-cli script debug session from the IDE itself, but I need to start the debugging session from the shell / command line. These are rather complex maintenance PHP scripts which take a lot of input parameters, so entering arguments from within Netbeans is a bit cumbersome.

I have done it before with Zend studio http://kb.zend.com/index.php?View=entry&EntryID=130 but now I need to get it working with Netbeans.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Add xdebug.remote_autostart=On to your php.ini file or add -dxdebug.remote_autostart=On as parameter to the PHP binary call (php -d... script.php).

See http://xdebug.org/docs/remote