Just a simple memo.

Open php.ini and paste these lines at the end of file:

[code lang=”bash” autolinks=”false” collapse=”false” firstline=”1″ gutter=”true” htmlscript=”false” light=”false” padlinenumbers=”false” smarttabs=”true” tabsize=”4″ toolbar=”false”][xdebug]
xdebug.default_enable=1
xdebug.remote_enable=on
xdebug.remote_handler=dbgp
xdebug.remote_host=localhost
xdebug.remote_port=9000
xdebug.remote_autostart=1
zend_extension="/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20100525/xdebug.so"
xdebug.idekey="netbeans-xdebug"
xdebug.remote_mode=req[/code]

Make sure that idekey and remote_port are the same of the Netbeans preferences:

Restart apache and start Debug with Netbeans.

I’m using XAMPP and Netbeans 8.0 on Mac OSx.

enjoy.