Netbeans file debugging - php

Question

I have netbeans setup with xdebug so it can debug php. However, this only works if I create a php project. It will not work if I try opening a stand alone php file. So my question is, is it possible to debug a stand alone php file which is not part of a netbeans php project?
If that is not possible, how do I debug stand alone php files with netbeans?

Answer 1

No, There is none that I am aware of. As Myrddin mentioned the debugger needs some configurations that is a part of netbeans project.
but the best way you can debug a single file is to copy it on a project folder, and click the debug project, once the debug session is set then you can browse the PHP File that you want to debug and it will actually go through xdebug.
Good Luck!

Answer 2

Each project can have it's own configuration (you can have 1 project that has PHP5.4 interpreter, one the is PHP5.6, one that is a command line and another that is a web project), but if you configure a general PHP 5 Interpreter:
If you work on a windows machine you can use this code (filename is php.cmd)
set XDEBUG_CONFIG="idekey=netbeans-xdebug"
#php.exe %*
If you want to be able to debug, your interpreter should have the XDEBUG_CONFIG system variable and make sure it's connected to netbeans. You should set this to the same value in your Debbugging section of the PHP's config:
Next thing - if you right click inside the editor you will have the Debug File option, and a prompt window will pop:
You don't really need anything here. Just hit the "OK" button.
As you can see, this final result is debug session of the t1.php file within c:\TEMP\ (which is not a working project):

Answer 3

Short answer: CTRL + SHIFT + F5
You can find the answer here:
https://blogs.oracle.com/netbeansphp/entry/run_file_without_project

Answer 4

I'm not entirely sure, but I think it is not possible, because you need some configuration to get the debugging working, and this configuration is part of a project.
You can always use print_r and var_dump to debug a single file. But that is probably not the answer you're looking for.

Answer 5

xdebug is very heavy and old tool you can use Kint php debuger here.
its free, so you can download Here
it's pretty replacement for var_dump(), print_r() and debug_backtrace().
you need to add kint.class.php file using include or require function.
require '/kint/Kint.class.php';
that's it.
and you can use like
########## DUMP VARIABLE ###########################
Kint::dump($GLOBALS, $_SERVER); // pass any number of parameters
// or simply use d() as a shorthand:
d($_SERVER);
########## DEBUG BACKTRACE #########################
Kint::trace();
more help is available on https://github.com/raveren/kint/
Good Luck :)