---------System:
Linux exx 2.6.10-1.14_FC2 #1 Thu Feb 10 17:13:14 EST 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

[alex@exx dbg-cli-2.11.32-glibc-2.2]$ php -m
[PHP Modules]
bcmath
...
dbg
...
zlib

[Zend Modules]
DBG

[alex@exx dbg-cli-2.11.32-glibc-2.2]$ ls -l /usr/lib/php4/dbg*
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 69756 Фев 1 02:34 /usr/lib/php4/dbg.so-4.3.10

--------------php.ini--------------------
[debugger]
debugger.enabled=On
debugger.profiler_enabled=On
;debugger.hosts_allow=host1 host2 host3
debugger.hosts_allow=127.0.0.1
debugger.hosts_deny=ALL
debugger.ports=7869, 10000/16
;debugger.fail_silently=Off
---------------------------------------------

----------phpinfo() output: --------------
Version 2.11.32
Linked as a shared library.
Profiler compiled, enabled
Directive Local Value Master Value
debugger.enable_session_cookie On On
debugger.enabled On On
debugger.fail_silently On On
debugger.ignore_nops Off Off
debugger.JIT_enabled Off Off
debugger.JIT_host clienthost clienthost
debugger.JIT_level 3 3
debugger.JIT_port 7869 7869
debugger.profiler_enabled On On
debugger.session_nocache On On
debugger.timeout_seconds 300 300
-----------------------------------------------------

----Debug session console "print-screen":-----------
[alex@exx dbg-cli-2.11.32-glibc-2.2]$ php test.php
Content-type: text/html
X-Powered-By: PHP/4.3.10

this damn error drives me mad
[alex@exx dbg-cli-2.11.32-glibc-2.2]$
[alex@exx dbg-cli-2.11.32-glibc-2.2]$
[alex@exx dbg-cli-2.11.32-glibc-2.2]$ ./dbg-cli
DBG php debugger, version 2.11.32, Copyright 2001, 2005, Dmitri Dmitrienko, www.nusphere.com
dbg>file test.php
Reading symbols from test.php...done.
dbg>list
No symbol table is loaded. Use the "file" command.
dbg>run

Program exited.
Session start timeout has expired.
Program is not being run.
dbg>q
[alex@exx dbg-cli-2.11.32-glibc-2.2]$
-------------------------------------------------

Please, help needed...

Are you trying to debug php scripts under Apache or using standalone php executable? When you listed phpinfo did you get it from Apache or from this php ?

I am running standalone script from linux
console, no Apache-web-stuff involved ( so php -i show all
loaded modules) Here is the plain console session "foto":

---directory listing---------
[alex@exx dbg-cli-2.11.32-glibc-2.2]$ ls -l
итого 324
-rw-r--r-- 1 alex alex 3023 Янв 31 02:37 COPYING
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 311432 Фев 1 04:23 dbg-cli
-rw-r--r-- 1 alex alex 2276 Фев 1 04:24 README
-rwxr-xr-x 1 alex alex 66 Апр 13 20:23 test.php
-------------------------------

-------test.php content------------
[alex@exx dbg-cli-2.11.32-glibc-2.2]$ cat test.php
<?php
$var="this damn ";
echo "$var error drives me mad \n";
?>
------------------------------

-----script is vivid and running --------------------
[alex@exx dbg-cli-2.11.32-glibc-2.2]$ php test.php
Content-type: text/html
X-Powered-By: PHP/4.3.10

this damn error drives me mad
----------------------------------------------------------------

--------------but....--------------------------------------------
[alex@exx dbg-cli-2.11.32-glibc-2.2]$ ./dbg-cli
DBG php debugger, version 2.11.32, Copyright 2001, 2005, Dmitri Dmitrienko, www.nusphere.com
dbg>file test.php
Reading symbols from test.php...done.
dbg>run

Program exited.
Session start timeout has expired.
Program is not being run.
dbg>q
---------------------------------------

While dealing with the Perl I never had any trouble with debuggiing,
because Perl uses build-in debugger, but PHP hasn't that feature.
I just can't understand: where dbg-cli is trying to connect to?
May be, debugging server should be running on "localhost" and listening port 7869?
Or what? How to debug simple "hello world" 2-liner script ?

running phpinfo() inside standalone script produces the same output to console
as any *.php requested via localhost apache web server.
In both cases it shows that dbg module is loaded...

a) make sure php executable is in the PATH and dbg-cli finds it. Just run To change this path you can run . If you want dbg-cli to "remember" the valie you may want to run dbg-cli --cgi=/path/to/php or put all the startup commands to ~/.dbgcli_init

b) make sure dbg module is compatible with php executable you're trying to run with. Php may warn that MODULE IS COMPILED WITH DIFFERENT APINO etc...

c) try to play with this package that I compiled for you
http://forum.nusphere.com/sshot/dbg-cli-sample-2.11.32.tar.gz

Of course it is, otherwise I wouldn't be able to start dbg-cli.


They perfectly match


this debugger session shows that for dbg-cli to work correctly all map__root variables must be set and HTTP mode should be activated.

but after starting apache web server.... it works on Linux! Spasibo!
Well... It would be nice to see "graph display" playing correctly in ddd ))

So I think everything is solved now, right?

Yes, it runs on RH-Linux.