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Hello,

According to you which the best IDE for php programming.

jonhel

PHP Designer is a good one - MPSOFTWARE - phpDesigner 2008 » Powerful PHP IDE & PHP Editor!

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Gaby10

Eclipse... nevertheless, I prefer Dreamweaver CS3 for some odd reason. I don't know CS4 yet.

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CMartin

I'm currently doing some research to find a possible alternative to Dreamweaver.

From the research I did, I found that WeBuilder or Rapid PHP Editor (from the same company) seems to be very good and have also good reviews. WeBuilder has some more features than Rapid PHP Editor that you might not need - Check the Feature comparison page to see the differences.

I didn't test it yet, but from what I read it seems a good choice.

Oh... and the price is very attractive

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DedyPriyanto

I think Zend Studio is the best one

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Divisive Cottonwood

I use phpDesigner 2008 or PHPEdit - both are worth checking out

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Komodo Edit is free open source editor for languages like Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and XML.

Mark Brian

I've tried PHP Designer, Maguma, Eclipse, and a whole lot more but the best IMHO is Zend Studio.

Plinko

I don't have "the best", just my suggestions of the ones I've tried.

I did like Zend Studio when I used it on Windows.

Working in Linux only now I use KDeveloper in the Script mode, which is absolutely great for large projects and has nice highlighting. Note, I don't mix HTML and PHP in the same files, I abstract logic and presentation, so this may not be for you if you escape frequently. In that case, on Linux there is Bluefish, Quanta and the old NVU which has been integrated to the KDE project but I forget the new name.

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KrishManohar

For MAC OS X I use SkEdit and Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 mostly SkEdit now.

Textmate is also good.

Neil Morgan

I've tried most of them but always end up going back to my trust editor, with PHP syntax support.

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Diego Hernando

at Incansoft we use VS.PHP we use it because we work with visual studio for the windows programming and VS.PHP give us the ability to work in the IDE both languages

ryanstreet

I would recommend NetBeans. It has a great interface and allows for multiple programming languages to be added based upon what you want to program. And the php version is like only a 30 MB download vs. the other IDE's at their 100+ MB downloads.

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yosis

Aptana is great. It's based of the open-source Eclipse and has some default features missing in Eclipse like FTP.

stevejeff

I use DreamWeaver CS3 ! its enough !

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wayfarer

I also use Aptana, which is just a souped up version of Eclipse. It has really good PHP tools, the best I've every found. It is kind of slow for huge files, however, like large CSS files, over 1000 lines. It is better to use it on a computer with lots of memory. I sometimes fall back to a faster editor, like Dreamweaver, for doing simple edits, since its sytax highlighting is good enough.

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ehicks727

Ditto on NetBeans. I was using Eclipse, but when NetBeans added PHP support, I switched in a heartbeat.

Best thing, in my opinion, is the FTP support. With Eclipse, you have to jump through hoops to get FTP... Netbeans FTP is built in.

mojojuju

It's good to hear of other marketers using Linux as their primary operating system. I'll vouch for KDeveloper and Quanta. I mostly use Quanta - it does everything I ever required of Dreamweaver, a great WYSIWYG interface, code highlighting, blah, blah, blah...

I don't know of any integration of NVU into KDE. Could you be thinking of Kompozer?

wayfarer

We're talking about PHP here, not all of those things. As far as I'm concerned, Dreamweaver doesn't even come close to being as good of an IDE as many free products, like Eclipse. I've also heard good things about Netbeans,which was mentioned above.

When I switched from Dreamweaver to Aptana, I was amazed how much more helpful it was for my PHP coding than Dreamweaver's. Not only does it have a thorough PHP function reference that is instantly activated any time you start to type any function name, the JavaScript code tools are far superior to Dreamweaver's. Dreamweaver's JavaScript framework is very limited (Spry), and from what I can tell, not very good at all. In fact, I'd say it is horrible compared to any other mainstream framework (jQuery, Prototype, Dojo, ExtJS, etc...). Aptana has plugins for all of those main frameworks, which pretty much blows Dreamweaver out of the water.

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Adaptive

I didn't know that, I thought it was only for Java development. Thanks for the heads up.

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jusmon

What about Microsoft's Expression Web 2? It's supposed to be decent for PHP and there's a really nice Visual Studio plugin called vs.php from jcxsoftware though that if you're a Visual Studio user looks really nice.

WillDee

I'll add a vote for VS.php. I like the way that it integrates with VS, so I can use a common IDE for thick client and web development. Support for php intellisense and integrated testing is very good. It helps that it's got a built in web server for debugging, so you don't have to maintain a full installation of server, etc for quick and dirty scripts is also very nice. With some of the other editors, this is a feature that's lacking.

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Tyrus Antas

I use vim for quick editing jobs and Eclipse as my "universal" development platform.

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MemberWing

If you're serious about debugging PHP - check Active State Komodo.
It has IDE, all right, but it has local and remote debugging capacities that no other IDE could compare to.
I actually use other editor - but when i need to tackle an PHP code issue - I launch Komodo and do serious debugging work over there.

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yaji

I like eclipse too. DO you know what plug in to use with PHP? I need at least code assistant. Thanks.

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blagoj

I am using eclipse PDT. It's free and very good editor.

Adi E

PHP Designer is a good one - haven't ever experienced any problems with it

Aptana is a really nice one, though it does have problems at times with updating or trying to open large files

Or if your really hard core - Notepad :-D

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version3

Eclipse PDT and NetBeans are 2 IDEs that I will recommend. Recently, PDT has been improved and run faster.

tunasalad

I like scite and notepad++

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Aptana & Active State Komodo

Aaron Sustar

In topics like this it's always relatively difficult to get a fair opinion ... and unfortunately I can't provide one either, since I haven't tested every product on the market.

In my opinion Eclipse is a solid choice for larger projects, because you can really make a great use of the built-in SVN support. For smaller projects Macromedia Dreamweaver totally suffices - PHP is well supported, the editor shows you arguments of various functions and so on ...

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chuawenching

I vote Aptana for open source development like php

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i find dreamweaver the best. its really very easy with great gui

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chuawenching

if you have the money, dreamweaver is good and will recommend that too ... if not you can stick to open source editors, which is not too bad

Spencer Westwood

I've tried out several.

Those of you using dreamweaver - for actual code development well its like having a nice looking car on the outside with a small engine inside.. it just doesn't have everything a nice IDE needs for code development. Web pages, yes, CSS yes, now some ajax stuff. But not coding... hmmm.

I was a long time Eclipse user until Netbeans 6.5 came out with PHP support. Code completion works great for native php (has to be coerced for frameworks like cake, ci, yii, symfony etc..). It's a bit heavy for my needs but it does the job... until.... netbeans.

So look at Netbeans as a potential tool.
For the actual web design side then Aptana is ok although its a pain to keep swapping windows.

Quanta seems good but I'm a mac user (so I'm trying it out using the fink repository version as well as on ubuntu).

Perhaps you should ask yourself what is it I really need.
Features such as svn/cvs/mercurial/git code management, running external progs, ftp transfers, code diffing, syntax highlighting, code completion, code tidy tools, docman or similar comment documentation tools..

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WPQ

Dreamweaver or just a good text editor for sure.

garyk1968

Yep another vote for Komodo Edit, I use it because it is cross platform (I develop on both mac and win) and it has bindings for javascript frameworks (I use extjs) and its free, awesome!

I did use phpdesigner on windows and that is pretty good too.

tonymanso

I personally like PHPed. DevPHP is ok too but there are better ones for sure.

clubvikram

I have mainly used dreamweaver, just love this tool it gives me enough features to give a adequate support on php,css,html editing.And code also looks good through a Dreamweaver interface.I have worked with microsoft IDEs so my evaluation of a good IDE is based on that and no php IDE even come close to it.

radio

just got turned on to netbeans and i see others are giving it the thumbs up too... excellent!

CoderPundit

I ve used Rapid PHP and its really great. Simple and light software, easy to use.

zain654321

Too bad no one mentioned PHPDesigner. It's really the best IDE i've came across (and i believe i've tried them all).
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Intelligent Syntax Highlighter - automatic switch between PHP, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript depending on your position!
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SQL (MySQL, MSSQL 2000, MSSQL 7, Ingres, Interbase 6, Oracle, Sybase)
HTML/XHTML
CSS (both version 1 and 2.1 are supported)
JavaScript
VBScript
Java
C#
Perl
Python
Ruby
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PHP:
Support for both PHP 4 and PHP 5
Code Explorer for PHP (includes, classes, extended classes, interfaces, properties, functions, constants and variables)
Code Completion (intellisense) for PHP - code assist as you type
Code Tip (code hint) for PHP - code assist as you type
Work with any PHP frameworks (access classes, functions, variables etc. on the fly)
PHP object oriented programming (OOP) including nested objects
Support for PHP heredoc
Enclose strings with single- or double quotes, linefeed, carriage return or tabs
PHP server variables
PHP statement templates (if, else, then, while…)
Powerful PHP Code Beautifier with many configurations and profile support
phpDocumentor wizard
Add phpDocumentor documentation to functions and classes with one click!
phpDocumentor tags
Comment or uncomment with one click!
Jump to any declaration with filtering by classes, interfaces, functions, variables or constants
Debug (PHP):
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Breakpoints
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Step over
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Call stack
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Context variables
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Profiling
Multiple sessions
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Catch errors

garyk1968

Errr.....I did in post #44 on this thread, although I only gave it a passing mention and you sold it beautifully!

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cypherslock

I've tried most of the above and Webuilder is exceptional. But for my money (or not) the BEST is Aptana - Aptana. PHP hints, classes, outlines, the works.

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josephalford

There's lot's to choose from and some might say that the free ones are the best, but I use one called PHP Designer. It's full featured and it has built in debugger, code highlighting, code hinting, manuals, and tons of other stuff.

bgj202005

Dreamweaver is a good multi-purpose IDE. I Love it. But Zend Studio is specifically good for PHP development.

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JamesM

I use Aptana (Eclipse based), but the new version of NetBeans is pretty cool. I have to use Dreamweaver at my day job, but I prefer open source software myself.

developerholic

I use KomodoEdit and sometimes Netbeans IDE.

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I use Aptana, sometimes Dreamweaver - the wysiwyg edit function in Deamweaver is handy for some work.

The integration of whatever javascript libraries you need, and JSON support, in Aptana is important to me. I was also doing some iPhone stuff and this 'was' also possible in Aptana. The fact that Ruby is available and Python and Java will soon be integrated is also a bonus, as I also use python. There is also Adobe Air and Nokia WRT support.

wayfarer

I've also started experimenting with NetBeans lately. I used it to make several edits to my new plugin, and like it alot. Although I think some of its features need to grow, It is much faster than Aptana for editing large files. Aptana (Eclipse) has some serious problems with its syntax highlighter that happens when a single quote is open, and there's a huge file ahead. Also, it just seems to have a lot of trouble in general when editing huge files. Anything over 1000 lines it seems to have trouble with. So far I haven't had any trouble with Netbeans in this area at all.

Part of the reason I've been learning Netbeans is also because I'm interested in learning more about Java. It has a really good Java platform...

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