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PHP editors with inline error checking

Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 7:30 pm
by jyhm
Everah | Title changed to reflect the actual topic of the question.

Is there a php editor with error checking?

Anyone recommend??

Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 7:35 pm
by John Cartwright
you mean, syntax error checking?

Two off the top of my head are Eclipse with PHP plugin, and Zend Studio

Moved to General Discussion.

Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:38 pm
by wtf
Komodo

Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:03 pm
by jyhm
thanx,


Tried downloading some of those programs,
but gosh they don't make it easy like drag and drop installs.

I feel so trapped because I have an older system.
All these new programs don't work with Mac OS 10.2.8

Even BBEdit 8.x requires 10.4. I have BBEdit Lite but it doesn't even
have syntax color. Currently I use Dreamweaver MX 2004.
Which has a great deal of features like site management which is awesome!
Unfortunately it runs very slow. With multiple pages open if I click another
page to edit, I get a pinwheel for five seconds. This happens every time,
not to mention start-up also,..

Maybe it's because I'm using a G3 350mhz.
I've got Mandrake Linux on my Dell PIII but I always develop on my OSX.

Everyday I fight the urge to break out the plastic money and get a brand new Mac Book pro!
But she can't hold on much longer Captain!

HeHe :D

Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:11 pm
by Luke
If Dreamweaver is running slow on your machine, I think you're going to have a hard time finding an editor with inline error checking that runs any faster. Eclipse eats up a lot more resources than does dreamweaver.

Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:29 pm
by jyhm
If Dreamweaver is running slow on your machine, I think you're going to have a hard time finding an editor with inline error checking that runs any faster. Eclipse eats up a lot more resources than does dreamweaver.

Is that right?

I thought so when I saw all those jar files and resources and wut not!

I guess I want the best of both worlds
i.e. ( Bare Bones .txt Editing with site and debug features)

Hey thats a really great avatar Ninja Space Goat!
I have a Pink Floyd DVD called Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii

Th name is misleading because it is an experimental film with Pink Floyd performing at the ruins of Pompeii Italy but no live audience. Completely sic sound and visuals though, I was shocked at the compelling power of this DVD!

Sorry to stray off-topic!

Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 8:00 am
by RobertGonzalez
Off all the editors I have tried, Only Zend Studio and Eclipse have offered what I want in an IDE. I want PHP function completion (not for actually completing but so I don't have to keep opening the freakin manual to find out if it is $neele, $haystack or the other way around :evil: ), code completion (where the vars/functions you build show up in the code/function completion box), include verification, debugging and (now) SVN integration.

Between, Eclipse kicks Zend Studio's keester in all categories. And Eclipse is free and the community support for it ricks. Zend Studio on the other hand, costs about $300USD, runs like a dog, chokes in a many different areas, is not as feature rich as Eclipse and the community (and company support) for it is horribly lacking. I swear I am being honest when I say this... I used Zend Studio religiously for the last three years and I was happy with it, thinking it was the best thing to hit PHP since me. But as soon as I opened Eclipse with the PHPEclipse plugin, I shelved Zend Studio. Literally. I have not open ZS since I began editing my first PHP file in Ecipse.

Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 2:40 pm
by Luke
yea I am also an Eclipse fanboi now... it's awesome. I won't use anything else.