What tools are available for developing PHP programs. I'm particularly looking for something that can hook into Drupal so you can step through code and add breakpoints. Basically, a Visual Studio for PHP would be the best. Anyone know of this? Can you guys maybe mention what you currently use (even if it's just mentioning the text editor)? What is the industry standard?
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There is an article on how to configure eclipse/pdt for drupal on drupal.org: Configuring Eclipse
You may also want to take a look at the complete list for development tools, as there are a lot of tools listed you may find helpful.
FrankS
2009-08-21 10:53:47
+1 for those resources
Randell
2009-08-21 14:03:59
+1 for Eclipse PDT. You may want to check out nWire for PHP. It makes it easier to dive into massive amounts of existing code: http://www.nwiresoftware.com/products/nwire-php
zvikico
2009-08-24 04:11:31
NetBeans and Eclipse are both great. I found NetBeans to be a bit slower than Eclipse, and that's why I'm using the latter.
Palantir
2009-08-21 11:04:03
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Eclipse is a great ide. Can step through code in debugging using e.g xdebug. Code completion is good
David Archer
2009-08-21 10:54:10
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If you would like to pay $399 for a year of subscription, you may try Zend Studio. Actually a good text editor like vim and emacs (I personally use vim) is fairly enough for PHP development I think.
forcey
2009-08-21 11:25:37
Not necessarily: Studio 5.5 and below is native. Only Studio 6 and later are based on Eclipse PDT. You can still obtain Studio 5.x when purchasing a current license, and it is often more convenient/efficient than the Eclipse-based version, especially regarding remote browsing on top of FTP or SFTP/SSH.
FGM
2009-08-22 17:44:10
Also note that 399 is for a perpetual license, not a yearly one. Only the support is yearly. For most serious PHP development, you'll want an IDE anyway: Zend, PDT, Netbeans, Nusphere, whatever, but more than just an editor, especially for things like debugging/profiling or documenting.
FGM
2009-08-22 17:45:27
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PHPEd is a fantastic PHP IDE for Supported platforms for Windows 98, ME, 2000, 2003, XP, Vista
It has a lot of the functionality of Visual Studio.
Jon Winstanley
2009-08-21 13:28:52
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I've been meaning to try out Delphi for PHP for simply ages, but haven't gotten around to it yet.
Here's the download link for a free trial, would be worth investigating.
Bevan
2009-08-25 02:16:37
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Aptana Studio http://www.aptana.com/ Free & Open source Fully Javascript / DOM Support
SilverNight
2009-09-30 12:03:44
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I'm fond of Komodo Edit, which you can get for free, or pay the cash for Komodo IDE.
John Fiala
2009-09-30 18:54:56
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I use free PHP IDE - Codelobster PHP Edition with special Drupal plug-in.
Stas
2010-04-20 13:56:11