title: Seeking virtual machine with Xdebug working for PHP in Netbeans
body: <p>I have followed <em>many</em> user guides, spent many a long hour, read these questions on S.O</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/693074/how-to-debug-php-with-netbeans-and-xdebug">How to debug PHP with netbeans and Xdebug</a><br>
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1959525/how-to-debug-php-with-netbeans-and-xdebug-in-windows">How to debug PHP with netbeans and Xdebug in Windows?</a><br>
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5521694/how-do-you-debug-a-php-test-file-in-netbeans">How do you debug a PHP test file in Netbeans?</a><br>
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5029160/debug-php-with-netbeans-newbie-source-request">Debug php with Netbeans - Newbie source request</a><br>
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/941778/debug-next-php-page-in-netbeans-from-firefox">Debug next PHP page in Netbeans from Firefox</a><br>
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1199342/how-to-debug-a-php-application">How to debug a PHP application?</a><br>
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2441482/how-to-run-php-file-in-netbeans">how to run php file in netbeans</a>  </p>
  
  <p>and am currently waiting for my hair to grow back in order to tear it out again.</p>
  
  <p>Anyhoo, it seems that someone else must have solved this already, so &hellip; can anyone point me at a download URL for a free virtual machine with Netbans configured for Xdebug with PHP?</p>
  
  <p>Obviously it will be Linux; I would prefer Ubuntu, but will accept anything. I have a slight preference for Virtual Box, but VMware is just fine.</p>
  
  <p>I am sure that this will help many people, so thanks on behalf of us all.</p>
  
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  <p>Alternatively, you may wish to post a (link to a) known to be working PHP.INI (although I appreciate that that will requier a little edtting)</p>