How do I make Xdebug work in PhpStorm?

[nickc]

Hi, @abdnafees. It’s worth trying the steps in the answer I gave here with a fresh site:

Debugger not breaking at breakpoints

Thanks for the report and screenshots, @tonicboy. I’m not sure why PhpStorm is not intercepting requests in this case, but perhaps you could try using Xdebug without the Xdebug + PhpStorm add-on, its custom run configuration, or any adjustments to your Xdebug config: Create a fresh Local site using “Preferred” settings and enable the Xdebug switch in Local. Open the site’s app/public folder in PhpStorm. (Not the site root folder above those.) In PhpStorm, visit Settings → PHP → Debug, untick …