New user - php debugger turns on, breakpoint never triggered

[bluntcoder]

Hi there,

I'm just trying out PHPTools with a brand spankin' new copy of Visual Studio 2013! I'm excited - so far setup looks like a breeze. However, when I run my php website to debug and put a breakpoint on one of the first lines of php in my index.php.. I hit F5, my website shows up in my browser.... and nothing happens.

I tried running both the PHP-builtin webserver which auto-assigns a port and my nGinX running on my local machine. Still nothing.

I do get the system tray icon for PHP Debugger popping up and DEBUG_SESSION_ID does show up in my URL's query string, but the debugger never breaks.

Please help! This looks like a great extension and I would very much like to get me and my team using it for my PHP projects.

Thanks,
Mark

[bluntcoder]

Actually, now when I run it with the built-in webserver it just spins and doesn't host anything, until I detach the debugger in visual studio. I'm not sure if I did anything.

I should mention this is with PHP v5.4.8.

[bluntcoder]

I fixed the issue. It was due the fact I use php-cgi which runs by default on port 9000, which is also the default port for XDebug. Switching XDebug port to 9001 fixed the problem.

[Miloslav Beno]

Hi Mark,

I'm glad you've solved this one! What version of PHP Tools are you trying? It's supposed to tell you that other application is already listening on this port.

Thank you!

[bluntcoder]

Hi Miroslav,

This was the latest version of PHPTools as of December 8th with Visual Studio 2013 ultimate. I do not know where the version number for the add-in is.

Mark