WorkTheWeb Forums > Good PHP IDE Recomendation?

Matt

Jun 24 2005, 05:51 PM

Hi everyone,

I have been using Nusphere PHP IDE 3.x for a while, but I'm
looking for other alternatives. Can anybody recommend some
excellent IDEs that standout.

Thanks,
Matt

steve

Jun 25 2005, 04:35 AM

"Matt" wrote:

QUOTE

Hi everyone,

I have been using Nusphere PHP IDE 3.x for a while, but I'm
looking for other alternatives. Can anybody recommend some
excellent IDEs that standout.

Thanks,
Matt

Matt, Zend IDE is a great alternative to NS. Give it a spin, as you
can use it for free for a month, and then judge for yourself if you
like it.

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Jun 25 2005, 10:18 AM

On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 11:51:13 -0700, Matt wrote:

QUOTE

Hi everyone,

I have been using Nusphere PHP IDE 3.x for a while, but I'm
looking for other alternatives. Can anybody recommend some
excellent IDEs that standout.

Thanks,
Matt

Nusphere PHPEd, Zend Studio and Maguma Open Studio are my favourites.

Matt

Jun 27 2005, 03:16 PM

Matt <no email> wrote:

QUOTE

Hi everyone,

I have been using Nusphere PHP IDE 3.x for a while, but I'm
looking for other alternatives. Can anybody recommend some
excellent IDEs that standout.

Thanks,
Matt

Thanks for your suggestions, any thoughts on Komodo from Active State?

Best,
Matt

steve

Jun 28 2005, 05:36 PM

"" wrote:

QUOTE

Matt <no email> wrote:
Hi everyone,

I have been using Nusphere PHP IDE 3.x for a while, but I'm
looking for other alternatives. Can anybody recommend some
excellent IDEs that standout.

Thanks,
Matt

Thanks for your suggestions, any thoughts on Komodo from
Active State?

Best,
Matt

Haven’t heard of Kommodo much these days. I think Zend and NuSph
are king of the hill right now for IDE’s. There is one thing about
new Zend I don’t like. They have a complicated license that ties
you to a machine. e.g. if you are traveling and need to put zend ide
on a latop, then you have to call them and transfer the license to
that machine, yikes! Before there was nothing like that. I don’t
know how NuSph works regarding license.

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Jul 1 2005, 01:54 AM

Matt wrote:

QUOTE

Hi everyone,

I have been using Nusphere PHP IDE 3.x for a while, but I'm
looking for other alternatives. Can anybody recommend some
excellent IDEs that standout.

Thanks,
Matt

Why do you want to switch? Is there a particular problem you're having
with Nusphere?

I'm evaluating Zend right now because I've been considering a switch,
but so far Nusphere appears to be the better application. Zend doesn't
seem to allow you to debug interactively, meaning you start the
debugger and step along until it gets to the point where a complete
webpage should appear, then the page does appear, you can type in the
forms (if any) on the page, hit submit and Nusphere takes you back to
the code. You can interactively step through a whole series of pages
that way all within the debugger.

In Nusphere, while debugging you can either look at the pages within
the built-in web browser or in an external browser. By contrast, Zend
shows you the raw HTML output but doesn't provide any way to interact
with the webpage within a debugging session. At least there's no
obvious way to do that.

I also think the appearance of the Nusphere UI is much nicer and more
up-to-date looking.

Aside from Nusphere and Zend I'm not aware of any PHP IDE's that are
really good.

E

Jul 1 2005, 02:16 AM

A clarification of my previous post -- I may be wrong about Zend not
offering "interactive" debugging. I was trying Zend in client-only
mode. ($99) If you operate it in client-server mode with remote
debugging ($299) you may be able to do the kind of debugging I
described above.

E

Matt

Jul 5 2005, 07:46 PM

[Email Removed] wrote:

QUOTE

Matt wrote:

Hi everyone,

I have been using Nusphere PHP IDE 3.x for a while, but I'm
looking for other alternatives. Can anybody recommend some
excellent IDEs that standout.

Thanks,
Matt

Why do you want to switch? Is there a particular problem you're having
with Nusphere?

I'm evaluating Zend right now because I've been considering a switch,
but so far Nusphere appears to be the better application. Zend doesn't
seem to allow you to debug interactively, meaning you start the
debugger and step along until it gets to the point where a complete
webpage should appear, then the page does appear, you can type in the
forms (if any) on the page, hit submit and Nusphere takes you back to
the code. You can interactively step through a whole series of pages
that way all within the debugger.

In Nusphere, while debugging you can either look at the pages within
the built-in web browser or in an external browser. By contrast, Zend
shows you the raw HTML output but doesn't provide any way to interact
with the webpage within a debugging session. At least there's no
obvious way to do that.

I also think the appearance of the Nusphere UI is much nicer and more
up-to-date looking.

Aside from Nusphere and Zend I'm not aware of any PHP IDE's that are
really good.

E

My main reasoning is that when I write classes, and then implement them in another

php script, there is no intellisensing that will allow me to see the methods and
parameters as I type . Now, I am using 3.1.2 and I may need to upgrade.

Jul 7 2005, 06:25 PM

I'm not sure whether NuSphere PHPed 3.3.3 has improved that
functionality. They are also about to release 4.0 so that might be
better.

One thing to note about NuSphere is that the procedure for purchasing
is extraordinarily complex and time-consuming. You pay, download,
request activation key, WAIT for up to three days to get the key. They
only deal with sending out keys during business hours. If you purchase
on Saturday, you may have to wait until Wednesday to use your software.

They do not reveal any of this on the website before purchase.

Also the activation key is only good for one machine. So, like Zend,
you do have to contact NuSphere again and wait again if you want to
install on another machine. That could be really inconvenient if you
want to have one copy on your desktop workstation and another on your
laptop, or if you simply get a new computer.

If you don't need all the bells and whistles there are several
second-tier editors that are reputed to be pretty good. Maguma and
Komodo both offer remote debugging and are supposed to be decent,
though they don't have the full feature set of NuSphere or Zend.

This website http://www.php-editors.com/ lists a lot of editors.

E

Google Mike

Jul 8 2005, 02:11 AM

Screem on Ubuntu Linux works just fine for me. I plan to donate $20
when I get my next paycheck.

[email protected]

Jul 8 2005, 06:11 AM

I use eclipse (www.eclipse.org), with the phpeclipse (phpeclipse.de)
plugin. It works perfect for me. It even checks code while you save.
It's customizable. Good search (and replace) functionality. Free. PHP 5
support. MySQL suppport. Preview, etc.

[Email Removed] wrote:

QUOTE

I'm not sure whether NuSphere PHPed 3.3.3 has improved that
functionality. They are also about to release 4.0 so that might be
better.

One thing to note about NuSphere is that the procedure for purchasing
is extraordinarily complex and time-consuming. You pay, download,
request activation key, WAIT for up to three days to get the key. They
only deal with sending out keys during business hours. If you purchase
on Saturday, you may have to wait until Wednesday to use your software.

They do not reveal any of this on the website before purchase.

Also the activation key is only good for one machine. So, like Zend,
you do have to contact NuSphere again and wait again if you want to
install on another machine. That could be really inconvenient if you
want to have one copy on your desktop workstation and another on your
laptop, or if you simply get a new computer.

If you don't need all the bells and whistles there are several
second-tier editors that are reputed to be pretty good. Maguma and
Komodo both offer remote debugging and are supposed to be decent,
though they don't have the full feature set of NuSphere or Zend.

This website http://www.php-editors.com/ lists a lot of editors.

E

Justin Koivisto

Jul 8 2005, 01:38 PM

Google Mike wrote:

QUOTE

Screem on Ubuntu Linux works just fine for me. I plan to donate $20
when I get my next paycheck.

My employer bought me a copy of Zend... Except that you can tell it's a
Java app, I love it... The syntax error hilighting and the built-in
phpdocumentor class inspectors are probably the most hand features for
me. Not that I make syntax errors... ;)

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