PhpStorm and XDebug on Vagrant Homestead

Question

I'm on Windows and I'm trying to debug a Web application (hosted with Vagrant/Homestead) using PhpStorm through XDebug. I tried many configurations but I can't get things working. The PhpStorm XDebug setup is pretty common.

This is the current xdebug configuration:

vagrant@homestead: /etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-xdebug.ini

zend_extension=xdebug.so
xdebug.remote_enable = on
xdebug.remote_connect_back = on
xdebug.idekey='PHPSTORM'

In the IDE "Start listening for PHP debug connections" it's turned on. When I attempt to start debugging a new chrome tab opens and the URL ends, for example, with ?XDEBUG_SESSION_START=16588 but the debugger doesn't run and this is what the IDE says:

Also, netstat says the port 9000 is still listening. Any idea?

Katie Katie · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-03T12:29:18

You are changing the 20-xdebug.ini file for the Command Line Interface (CLI). Instead you need to change the /etc/php/7.0/apache2/conf.d/20-xdebug.ini for the Apache settings, since you are using Chrome.

UPDATE

I'm not sure of the differences between Apache and Nginx (which may be /etc/php/7.0/fpm/conf.d/20-xdebug.ini), but here is how I got it working with a VirtualBox VM running Apache, on a Windows computer.

Settings for 20-xdebug.ini:

zend_extension=xdebug.so
xdebug.remote_enable=1
xdebug.remote_host=192.168.1... (your windows IP address within your network)
xdebug.remote_port=9000
xdebug.autostart=1

PhpStorm and XDebug on Vagrant Homestead

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