Why netbeans is trying to connect to a debug proxy?

Question

I'm trying to setup netbeans 7.3 with xdebug 2.2.1 on a Debian wheezy. I'm trying to make it work on a localhost-basis, it is, only one xdebug user connecting from the same machine (the most common configuration). After some hours I have this:

• Xdebug is working: I execute the debugclient included with the Xdebug sources and it works (i.e. when I type in the Chrome address bar http://localhost/file.php?XDEBUG_SESSION_START=netbeans-xdebug the debugclient receives a XML response and I can interact with it sending the appropiate commands.
• Other debug clients can connect: I have checked that it works with Sublime Text 2 (but ST2 is not an option to substitute netbeans by the moment).
• Netbeans is blocking when using the debugger: If I press F6 (Run the project) the projet main page is launched on Chrome, but if I press CTRL+F5 (Debug project) a "Waiting for connection (netbeans-xdebug)" message appears and the project main page is not launched in Chrome until I press on Finish debug session. Then the page is launched but without debugging support, obviously.
• Netbeans seems to be trying to connect to a debug proxy: I have captured the port 9000 packets and when the other debuggers (debugclient and ST2 plugin) send XML formatted requests, netbeans receives a weird proxyinit -p 9000 -k netbeans-xdebug -m 0 string. Proxyinit seems to be an informative request in order to setup multiuser system (but I only need a user).

This is the capture when using debugclient

and that's the same when using netbeans

I'm a bit confused because it is supposed that the XML message is sent by xdebug agnostically, it is, without any information about who is waiting to receive this message...

So the question is: why netbeans or xdebug (I don't know who) is trying to connect to a debug proxy?

Answer 1

The problem is that Netbeans is configuring the projects by default as a remote project. To disable this, you have to go to project properties / Run configuration / Advanced and here you have to remove Debugger Proxy: Host and Port. Click Ok and everything will work as expected.