Hi guys,
I am looking for a PHP editor that has the best debugging facilities possible.
Can anyone recommend such a tool?
Many thanks,
S
Best PHP editor for debugging
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Re: Best PHP editor for debugging
My favorite by far is NuSphere's PhpED. It's designed for PC platform but can run on mac or *nix with WINE.
Re: Best PHP editor for debugging
Thanks for that.flying_circus wrote:My favorite by far is NuSphere's PhpED. It's designed for PC platform but can run on mac or *nix with WINE.
It looks to me that the standard edition is pretty complete. The only option I may want from the professional edition is the remote debugging; but not at this time.
Do you use the standard edition? And, if so, do you find satisfies your coding needs?
S
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Re: Best PHP editor for debugging
I am currently using the Professional version, but to be completely honest, I don't use the debugger all that often.
I have found that my project has grown so big, that it is somewhat cumbersome to use the debugger, either that, or I am simply not using it correctly. When I do need it though, it is perhaps the most valuable tool in the editor. Another feature that I really like about PhpED is the profiler.
I don't tend use PhpED's database manager, validators, or ftp tools, and rarely the documentation systems either. I think my least favorite features are auto-complete based, such as close parenthesis, php tags, and close brackets, they are the first things to get turned off. I do find myself using the TODO system religously though.
All in all, it's just a solid program. I've looked for alternatives over the years to see what I was missing, and as far as I'm concerned PhpED is top dog.
I have found that my project has grown so big, that it is somewhat cumbersome to use the debugger, either that, or I am simply not using it correctly. When I do need it though, it is perhaps the most valuable tool in the editor. Another feature that I really like about PhpED is the profiler.
I don't tend use PhpED's database manager, validators, or ftp tools, and rarely the documentation systems either. I think my least favorite features are auto-complete based, such as close parenthesis, php tags, and close brackets, they are the first things to get turned off. I do find myself using the TODO system religously though.
All in all, it's just a solid program. I've looked for alternatives over the years to see what I was missing, and as far as I'm concerned PhpED is top dog.