What PHP IDE do you use/recommend?
 

That's it, what environment do you usually use to develop your PHP stuff?

Most of the time I use Adobe Dreamweaver 'cause I like to do the page design too and as a WYSIWYG editor Dreamweaver let's me see how the design is coming out. Unfortunatelly it still is a HTML editor at heart and not a PHP editor. It does have intelisense support which helps you code faster, but it doesn't have tools like a class browser, stuff to help documentation etc.

Last year I tried PHP Designer for some time, it's a good editor but it lacks the HTML part.

Although I never tried it, Zend Studio looks like the most complete one, it's built for PHP and also integrates the WYSIWYG HTML editor.

What about you guys, post the IDE that you use/recommend.

Zend Studio for me, used it for years and recently upgraded to Zend Studio for Eclipse which works well :-)

Alan

I recommend Eclipse PDT which is free and powerful. Zend has now integrated their IDE into Eclipse. Zend IDE is more powerful than Eclipse PDT but both are based on same platform. You might want to look into Eclipse PDT.

*cough* Three threads is too much, sorry.

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I don't see how phpDesigner Pro lacks the HTML part; be specific. It has everything I want, which includes a (desired) lack of WYSIWYG HTML authoring. It is more efficient to design your own pages from scratch. It takes less space, renders faster, and with just one or two override tricks you avoid common cross-browser pitfalls.

I searched for "IDE" before making this topic, I guess I should have searched for "editor" too. :P

Robert, I design all my HTML by hand too. I only use the WYSIWYG part of the editor to check how it's coming out instead of refreshing the browser every time. Of course the final test is done in the browser, but an editor that only shows me the code and doesn't allow me to actually see the stuff kinda bothers me.

Err, it does have it's own "in-editor preview" using IE. It just loads the page into an embedded frame. I use it periodically.

I use Dreamweaver CS3 in Vista and Zend Studio for Eclipse in Ubuntu.

textmate, WOO YEAH.

rofl, here we go again

i use php designer 2008 its simple and not hard to figure out.

I am okay with dreamweaver, here. It has the browser view thing and code-help-popups, and the source is easy on the eyes.

I liked zend studio, but it was a little heavy duty for a small project, and I am not going to make a big project any time soon.

Personnaly, I use my lovely notepad++

You can't make lighter ^^.
Sincerely, I don't think that you need more than syntaxic coloration when you develop in PHP. The only feature it could be good to have is the multiple propositions after having put your arrow bahind your object in OOP but that's all. Runing eclipse on Windows or Unix is very borring. Too heavy.

On Ubuntu, I use my custom emacs with the php mod.

I use free PHP IDE Codelobster PHP Edition
As for me, it is the best choice.