I have netbeans setup with xdebug so it can debug php. However, this only works if I create a php project. It will not work if I try opening a stand alone php file. So my question is, is it possible to debug a stand alone php file which is not part of a netbeans php project?
If that is not possible, how do I debug stand alone php files with netbeans?
No, There is none that I am aware of.
As Myrddin mentioned the debugger needs some configurations that is a part of netbeans project.
but the best way you can debug a single file is to copy it on a project folder, and click the debug project, once the debug session is set then you can browse the PHP File that you want to debug and it will actually go through xdebug.
Good Luck!