Good Free PHP IDE's

[Giarc86]

Are there any free PHP IDE type apps?
Did google but got lost lol

Thanks

 

[chiskop]

Have a look at Seven great PHP IDEs compared.

I used to use PHPEdit on Windows, PHPEclipse is also worth a look.

 

[fb1]

I use PHP Development Tools ( PDT ) for Eclipse, for my projects. Bluefish or vi for quick edits.

 

[Nick333]

I don't really the point of an IDE for php developement. Its not like you need to compile or anything.

 

[fb1]

A decent IDE helps a lot when you are working on large object oriented projects or with frameworks like Zend Framework etc, with lots of classes and libraries. PDT has pretty good code completion, has class browsers etc, ctrl+click on a class/method in your code takes you to the file. No need to look things up in the php manual if you forget the order of parameters etc. I use subclipse as well which is useful for version control, gives you a quick display of what files have been modified, need to be checked in etc.

 

[sn3rd]

vi FTW !

 

[Raithlin]

I use Quanta Plus on Linux (KDE), and HaTeML on Windows. The latter comes with an integrated PHP debugger - and both are free.

 

[jeanres]

vim + tmux

 

[_kabal_]

How are people debugging when using a text editor as their IDE?

 

[c10n3d_0r6]

Netbeans all the way.

 

[zippy]

vi FTW !

Yup. Works for all programming languages. Even SQL

 

[zippy]

How are people debugging when using a text editor as their IDE?

Developers who use vi/vim don't make mistakes and "get it right first time "

Kidding ofc.

Trace messages and that sort of thing, which are commented out prior to release to live of course

We have a standard trace library and our release software detects if its commented out or not when you check in. Blocks check in if trace library calls are not commented out.

 

[_kabal_]

figured it was something dodgy like that

 

[zippy]

figured it was something dodgy like that

works well and results in the code being well commented. It also means we can enable tracing in test environments and mirrors when we get issues that we struggle to replicate in our dev environments.

We use Oracle forms on Oracle Application Server. They are a bitch to debug when troubleshooting faults raised in uat.

If I have to step through code, I use PLSQL Developer to debug the backend code, but its rare. Trace usually highlights the problem area quite fast.

 

[rward]

Netbeans all the way.

Also using netbeans.

I started on Eclipse a couple of years ago and then moved over. Netbeans feels "cleaner" and nicer to me.
It has very easy to setup debugging (via xdebug) and the new 7.4 Beta has support for SASS/LESS and phonegap for mobile apps.

 

[IndigoIdentity]

I use: http://www.sublimetext.com/2

Has plenty of plugins and you can even make your own if you spend a bit of time looking at others...

It is REALLY cool and completely free You may pay a fee to show your support, i think this also gives you access to the V3 beta?

Can be a bit tricky to get everything set up nicely with syntax highlighting support for various languages/constructs but there are plenty of good tutorials on this and it is well worth any effort made.

Check it out...

EDIT: Oh there's also: http://www.aptana.com/