NEW TO PHP - Question(s)... Need your thoughts...
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NEW TO PHP - Question(s)... Need your thoughts...
Hi,
I am new to this forum and also new to programming with PHP. I have programmed for years with C and assemble language, but not much with PHP - just a tweak here and there...
I have been searching around and really haven't found any answers to a few questions that you may have some good thoughts for not only me but others to benefit from...
so...
I am on a MAC and use dreamweaver for editing.
1. What would you suggest / recommend for using for a good editor for using with PHP and runs on a MAC?
2. I haven't found any type of a debugging tool to use - for example setting breakpoints, etc... as well as being able to step through my code and look at variable, etc... Is there anything that is available that runs on a MAC and would do this sort of thing?
Anyhow, thanks for any thoughts or suggestions that you might have with these questions.
Thanks!
Tim
I am new to this forum and also new to programming with PHP. I have programmed for years with C and assemble language, but not much with PHP - just a tweak here and there...
I have been searching around and really haven't found any answers to a few questions that you may have some good thoughts for not only me but others to benefit from...
so...
I am on a MAC and use dreamweaver for editing.
1. What would you suggest / recommend for using for a good editor for using with PHP and runs on a MAC?
2. I haven't found any type of a debugging tool to use - for example setting breakpoints, etc... as well as being able to step through my code and look at variable, etc... Is there anything that is available that runs on a MAC and would do this sort of thing?
Anyhow, thanks for any thoughts or suggestions that you might have with these questions.
Thanks!
Tim
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Re: NEW TO PHP - Question(s)... Need your thoughts...
This thread is probably of interest. viewtopic.php?f=6&t=81100
Re: NEW TO PHP - Question(s)... Need your thoughts...
Hi Jay,
Thanks! I have checked it out and have downloaded 3 of the editors to test drive...
Any ideas on the debugging options with PHP? Breakpoint, variables, etc...
Thanks so much!
Tim
PS - I used to live in Plymouth back in the 80's - Beautiful country!
Thanks! I have checked it out and have downloaded 3 of the editors to test drive...
Any ideas on the debugging options with PHP? Breakpoint, variables, etc...
Thanks so much!
Tim
PS - I used to live in Plymouth back in the 80's - Beautiful country!
Re: NEW TO PHP - Question(s)... Need your thoughts...
The best I've found for debugging is XDebug, but it's a bit of a pain to configure properly.
PS Plymouth is nowhere near Leeds/Manchester.
PS Plymouth is nowhere near Leeds/Manchester.
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Re: NEW TO PHP - Question(s)... Need your thoughts...
Anyway, yeah XDebug is good, but it isn't an IDE. You'll probably want to try a bulky IDE like Eclipse or NetBeans with the PHP addons.
Re: NEW TO PHP - Question(s)... Need your thoughts...
Hi Jay and Jedi,
Thanks for the input! I have both sites up and will take a closer look...
I really did like getting out into the country over there... Such beautiful land and the people were awesome! Actually got to play my first / last and only ever game of rugby... Ouch!
Thanks again!
Tim
Thanks for the input! I have both sites up and will take a closer look...
I really did like getting out into the country over there... Such beautiful land and the people were awesome! Actually got to play my first / last and only ever game of rugby... Ouch!
Thanks again!
Tim
Re: NEW TO PHP - Question(s)... Need your thoughts...
If you aren't going to be doing any heavy coding, you probably won't need an IDE. Just a good, solid programmer's text editor should do.
Re: NEW TO PHP - Question(s)... Need your thoughts...
Doesn't the IDE get you breakpoint and variable inspection?
Re: NEW TO PHP - Question(s)... Need your thoughts...
Sorry, I was just talking about the editor there.
Re: NEW TO PHP - Question(s)... Need your thoughts...
Yes, there's also code insight features like jumping to the definition of a class who's name is held in a variable ( during debugging "run time" )tsaw wrote:Doesn't the IDE get you breakpoint and variable inspection?