Which is the best PHP IDE available?

LudwigReithofer

15 years ago

Take a look at NuSphere PhpED

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garyk1968

15 years ago

Theres komodo edit, php designer and even delphi4php

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tony1kenobi 15 years ago

phpDesigner is really good.

I have used it for years and it always delivers.

There is a new version just out with a great price.

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shordeaux

15 years ago

There's also PHPEdit available on phpedit.com from WaterProof

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Sodaware

15 years ago

Both NuSphere PhpEd and Zend Studio are excellent, if a little pricey for beginners. I use Eclipse with the PHP plugin, and although it's a bit of a memory hog it works well.

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fifthnormal

15 years ago

I'm supprised Zend Studio isn't the most popular one, which is made by the company who maked PHP. I believe it is the only, or maybe one of the few, tools to support real debugging of PHP files. (Rather than just watching it blow up on the server.)

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Gary Smith

15 years ago

Originally Posted by fifthnormal

I'm supprised Zend Studio isn't the most popular one, which is made by the company who maked PHP. I believe it is the only, or maybe one of the few, tools to support real debugging of PHP files. (Rather than just watching it blow up on the server.)

Zend is, and has been since 1997, an important contributor to the development of PHP having developed the Zend scripting engine which is part of the PHP core. They don't make PHP though. It was originally written by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994. The PHP Development Group now looks after that.

There are probably 5 or 6 IDEs that have debug support. I've always leaned toward Dreamweaver because it is WYSIWYG but I also use Nusphere phpEd as it's a bit easier/better for debugging (though Dreamweaver also has debugging support).

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sunsoftsystem

15 years ago

I like Zend Studio the software from Zend.

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WillDee

15 years ago

If you're familiar with M$ products, try VS.php from jcxsoftware.

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milo_pl

15 years ago

Try Aptana Studio - opensource, free, very powerful and extendable via plugins. It's just all-in-one suite for every webmaster. Recommend it

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Steven Fullman

15 years ago

I would say that Zend Studio is the de-facto standard among top-end professional PHP developers.

phpDesigner is very nice, though, at a fraction of the price.

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Seovil

15 years ago

I'm using Ultraedit together with it's SCP/FTP upload feature.
It is not a full featured IDE but it can highlight code, complete functions and variables + the ftp upload features makes it possible to change the website on the fly.

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RichPirate

15 years ago

I use Zend Studio for large projects and Notepad++ for smaller stuff. NP++ has an FTP plugin.

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mgkimsal 15 years ago

Zend Studio is still the king, although some of the stuff it can do that the others can't is pretty niche. For example - not many people need detailed profile tracing. If you don't even know what profile tracing is, you probably don't need it. I have gone through the Zend Studio class, and it's got quite a lot of power, but it's overwhelming. I've watched people get lost in it, because they just want a basic editor or basic project tool. Zend Studio will have a big learning curve. I think there's a 30 day trial.

Personally, I like NetBeans a lot. It's not *quite* as polished as Zend Studio, but I actually like the interface a little better. Seems a little faster in some cases too.

NetBeans is free, which is the other reason I like it a lot, especially for beginners. Someone else here recommended Aptana, which is not a bad choice either (and is free).

I heard a rumor that the next version of Visual Studio (2010?) is supposed to have PHP support in it, but I've not seen that confirmed (or denied) yet.
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