Hi,

I had my phpEd 3.3 remote debugging working fine using on the server php4.1.2 and running as a CGI

Now I've installed php 4.3.6 on the server and run it as a Isapi filter (to avoid session variable loss while redirecting).

The c:\winnt\php.ini file has at the end:

extension=php_dbg.dll-4.3.3

[debugger]
debugger.enabled = true
debugger.profiler_enabled = true
debugger.hosts_allow = localhost, 127.0.0.1, myIP
debugger.hosts_deny = ALL
debugger.ports=10000/16, 7869

I copied the php_dbg.dll-4.3.3 file to c:\php\extensions. Please note there is no specific file for php 4.3.6, so I use this (also tried 4.3.4)

When I try to debug, I get this error:

"Failed to start debugger session (timeout) ..."

I've looked for some issue about remote debugging when php runs as an Isapi filter on the server, without success.

I'd appreciate any help!

make sure extension dir contains full path to directory where all the php extensions are.
also, make sure that DBG is listed among other extensions in phpinfo.

Thanks for your fast reply!

Unfortunately, the problem still persists. I've checked the extensions path:
extension_dir ="C:\php\extensions"
This has to be correct, because without debugging, the php application works well.

The statement extension=php_dbg.dll-4.3.3 is just below the other extensions.

After each change I restart IIS, because I don't know if php as an Isapi filter loads php.ini on each session start.

Is DBG shown in phpinfo ?

No!!! DBG is not shown.
And more: phpinfo() states that extension_dir = c:\php4

Very strange, I don't have this php version installed. I've searched the whole hard disk for php.ini's and none has this value. Anyway, phpinfo() says the php ini is C:\WINNT\php.ini

nothing strange. Check the topmost header in phpinfo and make sure if it shows php.ini taken from the location you expected.

Hi Dmitrie!

Well, I don't know what happens. phpinfo() says the ini path is C:\WINNT\php.ini, which is correct.

What I've done is to use my old php.ini file, and then everything works, also the remote debugger!!!

So i guess there is something wrong in the php.ini file, perhaps php did only read php.ini partially. I saw also that phpinfo did not report some variables I set... But I've inspected this file many times, and didn't find any strange thing there.

Thanks for your support!!