waiting for connection (netbeans-xdebug) gets stuck

Question

I am using windows 8, Netbeans 8.2, php 5.6, Apache and mysql. I installed them manually and did not use all-in-one package like WAMP.

When I click on debugging icon

Answer 1

Do not use xdebug 2.5 RC on Windows -- it has issues (does not work -- regardless what IDE is used, be it NetBeans or PhpStorm).

Use stable xdebug 2.4.1 for now.

• https://bugs.xdebug.org/view.php?id=1361
• https://bugs.xdebug.org/view.php?id=1366

Answer 2

[xdebug]

xdebug.remote_host=127.0.0.1

istead of

[xdebug]

xdebug.remote_host = "localhost"