Starting with PHP
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Hi,
I'm an experienced coder (C#, C++, DirectX, etc). I've never done website design before, looking at starting with PHP. Could you guys enlighten me with the best dev tools you use? I've got the apache server, but whats a good PHP IDE?
Thanks,
Yratelev
For start, it depends if you intend to work in Linux or in Windows.
If you plan to test the websites in windows, then maybe you should install a package like EasyPHP or Xamp (you get the apache, php, mysql and other tools usefull).
For IDE's, I'm currently using Eclipse with the PDT plugin (http://www.eclipse.org/pdt/) there is even a pre-built package of eclipse with PDT. It's working pretty fine for me and should also be cross-OS.
Other IDE's that should work fine, but are not free, are PHPeD and NuSphere. I haven't used them so can't say how good they are.
If you plan to test the websites in windows, then maybe you should install a package like EasyPHP or Xamp (you get the apache, php, mysql and other tools usefull).
For IDE's, I'm currently using Eclipse with the PDT plugin (http://www.eclipse.org/pdt/) there is even a pre-built package of eclipse with PDT. It's working pretty fine for me and should also be cross-OS.
Other IDE's that should work fine, but are not free, are PHPeD and NuSphere. I haven't used them so can't say how good they are.
XAMPP is a good choice. There used to be a plethora of PHP/MySQL packages, like Apache2Triad or WAMPPServer, but most of them are dead, went commercial or are released less frequently than XAMPP.
About IDEs, I'm a big fan of PHPEdit. You can get a free personal license by filling out a simple form. Another good free IDE is Netbeans.
About IDEs, I'm a big fan of PHPEdit. You can get a free personal license by filling out a simple form. Another good free IDE is Netbeans.
Real programmers just use a text editor. ;)
I've always used Notepad++. It's simple, free and versatile, but it if you're looking for something more than just syntax highlighting, it may not suffice.
I've always used Notepad++. It's simple, free and versatile, but it if you're looking for something more than just syntax highlighting, it may not suffice.
I vote for XAMP and NetBeans. NetBeans (v6.7.1) has been great for my php developerment and if you have a decent computer it will run just fine on it, but can be slow on older computers.
Quote:Original post by WanMaster
Real programmers just use a text editor. ;)
I've always used Notepad++. It's simple, free and versatile, but it if you're looking for something more than just syntax highlighting, it may not suffice.
Ok I just -have- to make a joke, Real programmers don't do PHP :P.
I know several PHP developers, they mainly use EasyPHP cause its easy! (Tried it myself and liked it)
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Thanks guys. I've already got XAMP, so I'm gonna give PHPEdit a try, and then netbeans.
Good day to all
Good day to all
I just had to recommend [link]http://www.e-texteditor.com/[/link] its wonderful, I use for all my text-editor needs and PHP is one of them ;).
OT. what are the tags for links?? (obviously not [link][/link]
OT. what are the tags for links?? (obviously not [link][/link]
Quote:Original post by Hunter_Ex
I just had to recommend [link]http://www.e-texteditor.com/[/link] its wonderful, I use for all my text-editor needs and PHP is one of them ;).
OT. what are the tags for links?? (obviously not [link][/link]
Just use a regular <a> tag.
I've been using DEVPHP, and am quite happy with it. I actually wrote my first 3d engine in php, as it was very easy to work with, but have now moved onto cpp/d3d to try and get a framerate better then 0.43FPS :)
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