PHP HOW-TO: IDE tools for PHP

9. IDE tools for PHP

Many HTML editors are supporting PHP. In near future every HTML editors and XML editor will be supporting PHP "Rapid Application Development" tool.

You will notice that some of the PHP editors run only on MS Windows. Yes!! there are millions of PHP developers on MS Windows platform. PHP is IMMENSELY POPULAR on Microsoft Windows platform and is surprisingly more popular than Microsoft's own ASP web scripting language!! PHP runs lot faster than ASP on MS Windows and has more features and functionalities than Microsoft ASP. PHP is much more robust, reliable and powerful than ASP. There are more PHP users under MS Windows98/NT/2000 than on any other operating system!! PHP initially started on Linux/unix environment but today there are more PHP developers on MS Windows platform as compared to unix.

9.1 PHP IDE

PHP IDE tools are at :

PHPAktThe PHP support in Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev that allows Ultradev Developers to create PHP sites PHPAkt
PHP Lens http://phplens.com is a rapid application development component which allows PHP developers to dynamically and quickly create web applications that retrieve information from databases. With phpLens, data can be presented as html tables with facilities to create, edit, paginate, search and delete records. PHPLens uses ADODB. See also ADODB.
PHP IDE and Editor "PHP Coder" http://www.phpide.de and mirror
Zend PHP IDE http://zend.com/store/products/zend-ide.php
IDE for PHP scripting (Web Browser) : http://www.ekenberg.se/php/ide
Nexidion PHP IDE http://www.nexidion.org
Enter in Search keyword 'PHP IDE' in Source Forge http://sourceforge.net
Color editor gvim for PHP (Win and linux) at http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Vim-HOWTO.html and see also ptags of PHP

9.2 PHP IDE for MS Windows only

PHP IDE/editor on MS Windows platform are :

Rated 1st (the best PHP tool on MS Windows) : PHPTriad is a complete PHP development and server environment for Windows. It installs PHP, Apache, MySQL, and PHPMyAdmin, both installing and setting up the environment. PHPTriad is at http://www.phpgeek.com/phptriad.php and at mirrorsite
Rated 2nd : PHP Coder http://www.php-ide.com
Rated 3rd: PHPEd (Soyal), an excellent PHP editor (MS Windows) http://soysal.free.fr/PHPEd
IDE for PHP editor (MS Windows): http://www.phpedit.com
Color editor gvim for PHP (Win and linux) at http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Vim-HOWTO.html and see also ptags of PHP
IDE for PHP (MS Windows) http://www.pc-service-boerner.de/PHPScriptEditor.htm
"EditPlus Text editor" win32 http://www.editplus.com (high rating 5 stars)
eNotepad win32 http://www.edisys.com/Products/eNotepad/enotepad.asp (high rating 5 stars)
PHP editor win32 http://www.chami.com/html-kit (high rating 5 stars)
UltraEdit win32 http://www.ultraedit.com with PHP word file at http://www.ultraedit.com/downloads/additional.html
ScriptWorx editor win32 http://www.softlite.net/products/scriptworx (rating 4.5 stars)
TextPad editor win32 http://www.textpad.com (rating 4.5 stars)
PHP editor "ASPEdit" http://www.tashcom.com/aspedit (rating 3.5 stars) along with PHP code explorer http://www.tashcom.com/codex (rating 4.5 stars)
HTML/PHP editor Dreamweaver http://www.dreamweaver.com
HTML/PHP editor Homesite http://www.allaire.com/homesite
HTML/PHP editor Hotdog http://www.hotdog.com

9.3 PHP IDE for both MS Windows and Linux

PHP IDE/editor for bot MS Windows and Linux platforms are :

PHP editor (for both windows and linux/unixes) http://www.coffeecup.com/select/editor.html (rating 5 stars).
HTML/PHP editors Amaya http://www.w3.org/Amaya
Folding text editor (Win and linux) http://fte.sourceforge.net
PHP Editor (Win and linux) http://www.scintilla.org
Color editor gvim for PHP (Win and linux) at http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Vim-HOWTO.html and see also ptags of PHP
Jed (win and linux) http://space.mit.edu/~davis/jed.html
Editors for PHP : http://www.itworks.demon.co.uk/phpeditors.htm
Editors for PHP : http://www.oodie.com/tools/index.php?view=editor

9.4 PHP IDE for Linux only

The best IDE for PHP on linux is Coffeecup Editor as given below:

Color editor gvim for PHP (Win and linux) at http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Vim-HOWTO.html and see also ptags of PHP
PHP editor http://www.coffeecup.com/select/editor.html (rating 5 stars).
HTML/PHP editors Quanta http://quanta.sourceforge.net
HTML/PHP editors Blue Fish http://bluefish.linuxave.net
HTML editors AswEdit http://www.advasoft.com

9.5 PHP Utilities

Zend Optimizers http://www.zend.com
Zend Compilers http://www.zend.com
Lots of info on PHP on MS Windows platform http://php.weblogs.com
PHP GroupWare Apps http://www.phpgroupware.org
PHP Web Shop http://www.phpshop.org
PHP Nuke Web Portal system PhpNuke

9.6 Convert Microsoft ASP scripts to PHP - ASP2PHP

To convert ASP scripts to PHP use this utility http://asp2php.naken.cc

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