Xdebug - PHP Debugger

Xdebug is a PHP extension for powerful debugging (a PHP Debugger). It supports stack and function traces, profiling information and memory allocation and script execution analysis

Step 1. Prepare PHP Development Environment

Using XAMPP for develop PHP. Get XAMP.

Step 2. Check Xdebug Extension

In your XAMP directory (e.g. D:\xampp), Xdebug was added for default. Please check file php_xdebug.dll in D:\xampp\php\ext

If file is not exist or your need change Xdebug version. You can download Xdebug for Windows from xdebug.org.

And then copy downloaded file to D:\xampp\php\ext

Step 3. Config Xdebug for XAMP

Open your php.ini that is easily find in D:\xampp\php\

Find [XDebug] and remove all semicolon ";" in it's block. And set xdebug.remote_enable = 1

If [XDebug] block is not exist. Please add following lines at end php.ini

[XDebug]
zend_extension = "D:\xampp\php\ext\php_xdebug.dll"
xdebug.profiler_append = 0
xdebug.profiler_enable = 1
xdebug.profiler_enable_trigger = 0
xdebug.profiler_output_dir = "D:\xampp\tmp"
xdebug.profiler_output_name = "cachegrind.out.%t-%s"
xdebug.remote_enable = 1
xdebug.remote_handler = "dbgp"
xdebug.remote_host = "localhost"
xdebug.remote_port = "9000"
xdebug.trace_output_dir = "D:\xampp\tmp"

Step 4. Config Xdebug for Netbeans

Go to Tools > Options. A Options dialog box will appearance

In Option dialog. Choose Tab PHP. In sub Tab choose Debugging.

Please config Debugging:

Debugger Port: 9000
Session ID: netbeans-xdebug
Maximum Data Length: 2048