PhpStorm 2.0: PHP Remote Debugging on cPanel with Xdebug 2.1.0 problem

Hi everyone!

I have been searching the searchable,  read the readable and I have been unable to have PhpStorm 2.0 work on  debugging files on my web server. While the debugging works locally,  when trying to debug any file hosted on my web server nothing happens.

The  server has a cPanel account configured with all that needs to be  configured: XDebug 2.1.0, a the php.ini configured for that cPanel  instance (PhpStorm1 ide key, port 9000, autostart, and all that jazz). I  have had extremely great support from my hosting company's support team  but they can't do more than they have done on their end making sure  that all works as intended and nothing is coming in the way of XDebug.

I did inquire via email, but so far I have received only instruction to RTFM :p which I already did several times over to no avail.

XDebug  is properly configured both on my local MAMP install and my server,  PhpStorm 2.0 is running (still as trial) and is fully configured on my  Mac. PhpStorm works when debugging using MAMP/Xdebug locally, but when  it comes to the web server, PHPStorm doesn't seem to be working at all  when I need to do a PHP Remote Debug... The Debugger connects but  something just dosn't get triggered and PhpStorm reports: Waiting for  incoming connection with ide key 'PhPStorm1'...with  no values of any kind shown in the Debug>variables area. I have tried using debugging browsers extensions in Firefox and Safari and still nothing happened.

I monitor XDebug during my connection via terminal and  I even manually start the "debugclient" making sure ports are up and  all is working in order and here is what the Terminal output I get:

root@server [~]# debugclient
Xdebug Simple DBGp client (0.10.0)-
Copyright 2002-2007 by Derick Rethans.
- libedit support: enabled

Waiting for debug server to connect.

...at this point I run the debug Session set using the  "edit configuration" and that's when PhpStorm shows: Waiting for  incoming connection with ide key 'PhPStorm1'... I have the zero  configuration (little green phone) set to On (listening/green)

So I go to the browser and hit the address of a test file "testfile.php"  (a file that has 2 break points added editing the local file in  PhpStorm). Even when hitting that page nothing happens... no results in  the Debug>variables area, but in Terminal to the previous output I  see this being added:

Connect
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<init  xmlns="urn:debugger_protocol_v1"  xmlns:xdebug="http://xdebug.org/dbgp/xdebug"  fileuri="file:///home/cronoflo/public_html/testfile.php" language="PHP"  protocol_version="1.0" appid="32111" idekey="13307"><engine  version="2.1.0"><![CDATA[Xdebug]]></engine><author><![CDATA[Derick   Rethans]]></author><url><![CDATA[http://xdebug.org]]></url><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright  (c) 2002-2010 by Derick Rethans]]></copyright></init>
(cmd)

So  that would mean that Xdebug is working and the session has been  triggered and debugging is on for that page... but then why I get  nothing in the IDE?

Do I have to issue commands manually via Terminal? I am asking that because if I hit return after the (cmd appears) I get:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<response xmlns="urn:debugger_protocol_v1"  xmlns:xdebug="http://xdebug.org/dbgp/xdebug"><error  code="3"><message><![CDATA[invalid or missing  options]]></message></error></response>

Which presupposes that I could issue debugging commands manually... What gives? How should one proceed?

From  this point onwards I made no progress. I am unable to get anything  going with debugging PHP in PhpStorm and I can't figure out what I am  doing wrong since I am following the available instructions to the "T".  So there may be no solution to my problem, but I find that hard to  believe. Was anyone successful doing Remote Debugging using PhpStorm 2.0 on php files hosted on a cPanel account, with Xdebug 2.1.0 installed?

If there is a solution, it's either undocumented or it maybe involving a secret  dance... this task that should have been straight forward following the  proper instructions given on the documentation sites of the respective  tools used, it has been quite unintuitive and a challenging nightmare  with no reason to be. This whole thing is driving me nuts (and I am a  fairly patient person) so, since I am really at my wits' end, any help  from someone who can point me in the right direction or who could share  how they got their PHP Remote Debugging to work with PhpStorm and Xdebug  will be greatly appreciated :)

Thanks in advance for your help.

Cheers!