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Need a PHP editor with debugger. Any suggestions?

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 5:50 pm
by Rocko
Hi.
I'm a MS .Net developer with an opportunity to work on a PHP/Mysql/Apache project and I need an editor that works.

I've downloaded and tried PHPEdit, PHP Coder, PHP Designer 2005 and some others and NONE have worked. For whatever reason, each has a major problem that I was able to identify on their website's support forums.

So, I would like to hear from veteran PHP developers about their choice of editor.

Freeware, Shareware, $$$... doesn't matter, I just need a working editor that I can integrate a debugger.

I'm curently developing on MS XP pro.

TIA
Rocko

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 5:56 pm
by feyd
Look up a few threads, you'll see "What's your favourite PHP Editor?" :P

Zend is the only one I know of with a "decent" debugger.. :|

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 4:32 pm
by magicrobotmonkey
if by "debugger" you mean something that parses your code and shows you your errors, you should try jedit - it has a pretty solid php parser plugin

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 6:10 pm
by McGruff
Xdebug is highly recommended.

I use it for script profiling rather than debugging. I don't need to debug: I use SimpleTest.

EditPlus is a nice little editor - sorry don't have the link to hand.

Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 12:51 am
by n00b Saibot
EdiPlus :arrow: http://www.editplus.com Have fun coding ;)

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 8:30 am
by Rocko
feyd wrote:Look up a few threads, you'll see "What's your favourite PHP Editor?" :P

Zend is the only one I know of with a "decent" debugger.. :|
Thanks. I did do a search before I posted and looked at http://www.php-editors.com/ and found many users liked editors that I couldn't get to work.

I went with Zend after looking at 5 others including PHP Designer, PHPEdit, etc.

For the record, .Net developers and users of Visual Studio would probably be more accustomed to use a product like Zend Studio than any other that I found.

Thanks again for your help!

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 9:48 am
by patrikG
I'm using Komodo - supports a wide variety of languages, has CVS support, excellent code-highlighting, debugging etc.

http://www.activestate.com/Products/Komodo/