I'm trying to figure out if there is a way to get stack_trace info from Xdebug similar to how an IDE like PhpStorm or NetBeans is getting it to store it and process it further.
Any help much appreciated.
You can configure (in your php.ini file) Xdebug to log trace into a file with xdebug.trace_output_XXX stuff. See Xdebug docs for more information about how to fine tune your export and format output.