I haven't used PhpED, but I use Zend Studio Pro at work. It is hands-down the best PHP IDE I've used. (As I said, I cannot compare it to PhpED specifically.) Little things like project management and code completion and such "just work" better than any other tool I've found, and it's debugger and profiler are also first-rate. Performance is good, too.
At home, I've been avoiding buying it because it's $300 flipping dollars, and I'm wary of their time-based licensing. It's also, of course, very non-Free, and I try to stick to open source programs at home (and at work when I can). I've bounced around between a lot of different PHP editing tools. At the moment I'm using Eclipse-PDT, which is finally not so slow as to be unsable as previous versions of Eclipse were. It's nowhere near as nice as Zend Studio, but at least it's [F|f]ree and once you figure out the weirdness that is Eclipse it gets the job done. Still need to get it talking to XDebug, though. On Friday 16 November 2007, William Betts wrote: > Have you ever used Zend Studio? If so how does it compare to PhpED? > > On Nov 16, 2007 5:37 AM, Arno Kuhl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David Giragosian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 16 November 2007 05:21 > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: Re: [PHP] IDE > > > > On 11/15/07, Jammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Børge Holen wrote: > > > > On Thursday 15 November 2007 21:35:04 Jammer wrote: > > > >> Hi All, > > > >> > > > >> This is my first post here ... I'm very much a newbie to php but > > > >> work during the day using SQL Server, VS2005 and Foxpro. Looking > > > >> to gen up on my PHP. > > > >> > > > >> Are there any IDE's for PHP worth checking out. Particularly free > > > > > > ones! > > > > > > >> TIA, > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> jammer > > > >> www.jammer.biz > > > > > > > > I LOVE this IDE quiz' > > > > the same answers everytime. > > > > > > duh! > > > > > > look, i'm really sorry everyone ... we all make mistakes! > > > > > > if this is a question that comes up as often as it appears from the > > > responses this thread has generated maybe the FAQ needs to *really* > > > address that? > > > > > > http://uk3.php.net/FAQ.php > > > > > > -- > > > jammer > > > > It's OK. I think there's been a long thread on the subject each of the > > last two weeks. The folks who are really passionate about their IDE's > > jump in first, then those less motivated or less interested add theirs, > > then it seems to die for a day or so before it rises from the ashes to > > sputter and hiccup a time or two. And then it starts all over, again. > > > > If you stick around long enough on this list, you'll be fussin' at the > > question, too. > > > > David > > -------------------------- > > > > I think jammer's idea is a good one. I've been lurking on this list for > > years and seen many resurrections of the IDE thread. It's an important > > thread, and the PHP IDE world is ever changing and new products come onto > > the scene every now and then. I use my favourite commercial IDE but quite > > frequently check out the other IDE's mentioned in those threads, mostly > > to confirm the choice I made 4 years ago is still the right one. A > > well-maintained list of free and commercial PHP IDE's on the php.net site > > would be a great idea, especially if it also had links to reviews, and > > also included the mix-n-match IDE's I see some people on the list use. > > And/or maybe a forum on php.net dedicated to PHP IDE's, with user polls. > > Then whenever the IDE thread pops up the response would be to look at the > > web site (RTFWS). The only downside might be the resources to run it. > > > > BTW jammer, if you start using php for big projects I'd recommend > > NuSphere PhpED, but it's overkill if you just want to dabble. There's a > > trial version if you want to check it out, and a good tip is they drop > > the price every now and then for promotions (wish I knew that 4 years > > ago). > > > > Arno > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- Larry Garfield AIM: LOLG42 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 6817012 "If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it." -- Thomas Jefferson -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
