I'm trying to debug a command line script on my prod server.

In php.ini:

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debugger.enabled=on
debugger.profiler_enabled=on
debugger.hosts_allow=24.201.40.XXX
debugger.hosts_deny=ALL
debugger.ports=7869, 10000/16

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When I start the script using:

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php myscript.php DBGSESSID=1@24.201.40.XXX:7869
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It works! A breakpoint stops the execution and my local phped is able to debug the server script.

But when I use a "debugBreak();" inside the script itself instead, I get:

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DBG 3.9.2
Failed to start DBG session


Reason: connection to the client at 127.0.0.1:7869 is not allowed in php configuration

Not sure what it means? Visit http://www.nusphere.com/dbg/?err=-100 for troubleshooting.

Debugger request: "(null)"
Request found in: "(null)"
Target PHP version: "5.2.x"
Server API: "Command Line Interface"
Extensions API: "220060519"
Modules API: "20060613"
PHP API: "20041225"
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I tried adding 127.0.0.1 to the hosts_allow:

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debugger.enabled=on
debugger.profiler_enabled=on
debugger.hosts_allow=24.201.40.XXX 127.0.0.1
debugger.hosts_deny=ALL
debugger.ports=7869, 10000/16

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But then I get this error:

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DBG 3.9.2
Failed to start DBG session


Reason: failed to connect to the client at 127.0.0.1:7869, please make sure that IDE is running

Not sure what it means? Visit http://www.nusphere.com/dbg/?err=-5 for troubleshooting.

Debugger request: "(null)"
Request found in: "(null)"
Target PHP version: "5.2.x"
Server API: "Command Line Interface"
Extensions API: "220060519"
Modules API: "20060613"
PHP API: "20041225"

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Any idea? I would need to be able to debug using "debugBreak()"...

Well, this problem led me to learn how to use ssh tunelling... And this is a great thing! I'll always debug like this now.