xDebug stability problems

I'm running eclipse PDT on a xubuntu 10.9 VM, using xdebug to remote debug PHP 5.3. I have been having a number of issues over the last 6 months, things like:

1. Debugger stops responding to breakpoints after being dormant for 20+ minutes.
2. Debugger will exit suddenly with the fatal error "unexpected termination". Requires eclipse to be restarted to debug again.
3. Non fatal errors will pop up, I possibly think this is due to modifying code during execution.

Is this a开发者_运维技巧n issue that can be fixed by upgrading or switching to Zen? Its really frustrating compared to using PyDev or Java debuggers.

Is anyone else experiencing this same sort of issue?

With Eclipse, xdebug is sometimes a little unstable. Here, I use Zend Studio with Zend Debugger and xdebug. Everything works fine.

About breakpoints stops, I got a issue too. The only way to control this was use the Zend Toolbar to call debugger from Firefox/IE.

I know people that works fine with Netbeans + xdebug, too. Try to download and install Zend Debugger and configure your Eclipse to work with it. Eclipse Helios has many improvements around it - try it if you use a older Eclipse version.