Re: PHP IDE

now that you bring it up, i think xdebug is a gift of god :-D i 
discovered xdebug only like three months ago, but now that it's 
installed on the company's development server, i can't live without it 
anymore.
btw what do you think that is a perfect set of extensions / tools / 
software .... that every development server / workstation should have 
for serious php coding?
i'm now using phpunit and xdebug but i'm always open for improvements 
in the development process :-)
lee

On 14 Jun 2006, at 03:00, Richard wrote:

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> hi all,
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> Lee Queen wrote, On 6/13/06 10:22 AM:
> > Is there a preferred IDE to use when developing with the Zend
> > Framework?  I currently just use a text editor, but was wondering if
> > something like  Zend Studio or Eclipse would be better?  I would
> > appreciate any comments on the subject.
> fwiw, i've been working with -- or at least trying to -- zend/eclipse
> php ide 0.1.3.
>
> short story -- there have been some 'challenges'.
>
> in my current understanding/experience:
>         ZendOptimizer does NOT work in multithreaded apache
>         ZendPlatform/debugger's installer requires php 5.0.5
>         -- i've been by zend told it 'supports' v5.1.x
>         -- i've been discouraged by zend from using v > 5.1.x
>         -- answers abt how to install ZendDebugger in your own server
>            config are, currently, quite 'thin'
>         -- it's completely unclear as to whether ZD will/not work
>            in a threaded server env
>         true in/for ZendStudio as well
>
> since using the IDE is, for me, all about debugging (since i use BBEdit
> for 'superior' editing ...), after reading:
>
>         "Debugging Protocol Shootout"
>           http://derickrethans.nl/debugging_protocol_shootout.php
>           http://derickrethans.nl/debugging_protocol_shootout_part_2.php
>         and,
>         "Zend chooses to ignore the questions"
>           http://www.pooteeweet.org/blog/357/357#m357
>
> i've decided to explore the xdebug + phpeclipse IDE-based env as an
> alternative.
>
> after a bit of monkeying around, i've:
>
>         Eclipse32rc7/Callisto
>         phpeclipse ide cvs (v1.1.9+) w/ xdebug plugins
>         php 520-dev +zts (threading) enabled
>         apache 220-dev (mpm = worker)
>         eAccelerator-dev r213, in php.ini as 'zend_extension_ts'
>         Xdebug 2.0dev (http://xdebug.org/install.php#source)
>                 well documented
>                 built & installed into *my own* php server
>                   as 'zend_extension_ts'
>
> fyi, all this on OSX 10.4.6.
>
> editing looks great.  docs are great (there's even a book available
> ...).  initial/simple debugging is working.  nothing complicated, yet 
> ...
> i.e., so far, so good ... and better than b4.
>
> my $0.02 ...
>
> richard
>
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