Configure XDebug and Netbeans to listen to external requests

When developing android app that sends requests to a web service written in PHP, we need to configure XDebug and Netbeans to break when an external request(from an Android app, for example) is sent.

Modify php.ini:

xdebug.remote_autostart = 1
xdebug.idekey=”netbeans-xdebug”

In Netbeans, debug a random file, click continue when it breaks at initial breakpoint.

Run the Android app, Netbeans will break when the app sends a request to the php page.

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