Can't access .htaccess; Too many open files

Question

Recently installed phpStorm and xDebug. Randomly, I get the following error causing my dev pages to not load:

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /admin/subscription/add/16603 on this server.
Server unable to read htaccess file, denying access to be safe

tail -f /var/log/apache2/error_log shows:

24)Too many open files: [client 127.0.0.1:54206] AH00529:         /Users/jeshuadunham/Sites/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable and that '/Users/jeshuadunham/Sites/' is executable, referer: http://dev2.evesun.com/blog/

After about 30 seconds, a refresh works normal.

Answer 1

Apparently this is a bug in xdebug.

http://bugs.xdebug.org/view.php?id=1070

The solution is as follows:

The workaround I use is to turn off autostart:

xdebug.remote_autostart = 0

Then in Firefox install the Add-on called The Easiest XDebug

In PHPStorm turn on the listener when you want to debug. It won't break unless you click the bug icon in the Firefox toolbar. You might get some errors if you leave the listener on in PHPStorm so turn it off when you're not using it.