I am running OS X 10.11.5 and using homebrew to compile Apache/2.4.18 (Unix) PHP/5.6.24.

Homebrew php56-xdebug compiled and enabled. Shows up in PHP Info.

This program makes use of the Zend Scripting Language Engine:
Zend Engine v2.6.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2016 Zend Technologies
with XCache v3.2.0, Copyright (c) 2005-2014, by mOo
with Xdebug v2.4.0, Copyright (c) 2002-2016, by Derick Rethans
with XCache Cacher v3.2.0, Copyright (c) 2005-2014, by mOo

Version 2.4.0
IDE Key netbeans-xdebug
Supported protocols DBGp - Common DeBuGger Protocol
Revision: 1.145

MacGDBp prefs set to port 9000

Network Utility reports:

Port Scanning host: 127.0.0.1
Open TCP Port: 9000 cslistener

PHP.ini configure reads:

[xdebug]
zend_extension=/usr/local/opt/php56-xdebug/xdebug.so
xdebug.remote_enable=On
xdebug.remote_autostart=On
xdebug.remote_host=localhost
xdebug.remote_port=9000
xdebug.idekey=netbeans-xdebug

So: Xdebug is compiled and loading, shows up in phpinfo().
Port 9000 is open.


Everytime I launch MacGDBp @ 9000, there is a message in red in the bottom status bar of the main debugging window that says:


Could not open socket.


Any suggestions on why this is happening? No discussion in the docs or FAQ's

Thanks In Advance.

For the record:

MacGDBp Version 1.5 (104.0)

Well, It Turns Out that... Homebrew PHP uses port 9000 to talk, I think, to Apache.

So I configured PHP.so and MacGDBp to use port 9001.

And now it works.

Worth pointing out in the docs somewhere...

Thanks for figuring that out. I added a note about FastCGI to the help page: https://www.bluestatic.org/software/macgdbp/help.php#socket-errors

This might be sound redundantly obvious, but the example would be :

Set the Port Directive in PHP.ini to (say) 9001.
Set the Port Preference in MacGDBp to 9001.

Adding that to your docs would provide a working example.