I would like to use an IDE for PHP Development using Zend framework & jQuery. I decided to use Aptana Studio. There is no PHP support in [Studio 2][2], so I have to use Eclipse PDF. My question is:
Should I install Eclipse PDT first and the use Aptana as plugin or install Aptana Studio and then install Eclipse PDT as a plugin? What are pros & cons if any?
1 - Eclipse 2 - Aptana as plugin
As Aptana2 did not support php .... i thick will be better to use it as plugin
Install the Eclipse PDT first & use Aptana Studio as a plugin. You will benefit immensely from this, as there is very good support of auto-information for each & every method & class / object, along with its properties. One thing you need to take care is that you must need to create a Project for each & every work / project, otherwise it (support for auto-information feature) will not work, because Eclipse will search for the main definitions of classes.
This good information support is not that much prevalent in Aptana Studio if you install it. So it's best to use it as a plugin with Eclipse PDT.
Also you will be able to upload files & use the File Manager with Eclipse PDT, when you have installed the Aptana Studio as a plugin. Eclipse PDT also has a nice debugging feature, along with other useful features (which I've not yet used).
Hope it helps.
Aptana 3.0, still in beta, has support for PHP too (and Ruby on Rails and Python) http://aptana.org/products/studio3
Hi,
I have some issue with the preview option at the bottom for the PHP files in Aptana.
I have installed Eclipse PDT, eclipse-php-helios-win32(3) in my machine and installed
Aptana Studio 2 plugin in that. The problem is that ,if i take php file in Aptana, no
source , preview tab is showing at the bottom.But if we take .html file in Aptana, we can
view the source and preview tabs at the bottom correctly.
Could some one please help, how we can show them while in php file also?
Vinu Mathews.