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Waiting for incoming connection with ide key Message on PHPStorm with laravel

I want to install debug and integrate it with PhpStorm.

I went through all the steps needed. I add this lines to php.ini file:

zend_extension = "D:\wamp\bin\php\php5.5.12\ext\php_xdebug-2.3.3-5.5-vc11-x86_64.dll"
xdebug.extended_info=1
xdebug.remote_enable=1
xdebug.profiler_enable= true
xdebug.remote_handler=dbgp
xdebug.remote_mode=req
xdebug.remote_host=localhost
xdebug.remote_port=9000

this is my created debugger screenshot :

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And this is screenshot of my breakpoint on index method of a Controller named HomeController: alt text

And this is xdebug section on php_info() page:

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But every time I press Debug Button in phpStorm , home page open complete as a address like:

http://localhost:8000/?XDEBUG_SESSION_START=17288

and in the debugger tab show this message like this:

Waiting for incoming connection with ide key '17288'
I research on the google and try different ways But I did not answer.

New I realized that Debugging via Xdebug works fine in normal Projects(no laravel). So this Problem can not be the result of PHPStorm version. For example when Open page contain breakPoints in localhost:8000 breakpoints ignored but when I open that page in normal form via localhost/MyProject/public debugging works fine.

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laurens109's avatar

I currently have the same problem. Have you found the cause?

ahmadbadpey's avatar

This Question is for 1 year ago. I just remember that I could not use Xdebug on host that phpStorm created instead must to use a VirtualHost name.

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