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Netbeans IDE

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Hello,

For years I have been looking for a good enough editor. I tried many but they well all junk IMHO. For example one editor after php formatting will change this code $a = $a * .7 to $a = $a * . 7;//instant error
Another editor changed all my files in a folder after a search and replace and did not show a single alert window.

I friend of mine suggested Netbeans IDE. I tought it was only a java editor. But is not. It is actually a pretty good php editor. Is not perfect, but is much better than many of the well known editors. Best of all is free.
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I'd be careful if I were you, else Pickle will freeze this topic.
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Dont understand, this is general discussion?
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Pretty sure a similar topic was frozen earlier this week as there are a couple of PHP editor threads already open - perhaps I'm mistaken as to the reasons for that though. Sorry if I intruded unnecessarily :|
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We often close threads of the nature "what editor do you use" because they litter the forum when we've got the superthread already ;)

This is fine... It's when other users come along and turn it into a "I use this editor... I use some other editor... That editor is rubbish, I use a better one..." thread that we'd lock it down :) Which is almost every thread that crops up surrounding an editor unfortunately.

With regards to Netbeans, yes my team leader also uses this at work. I'm personally not a fan (I prefer my editors light) but it certainly is feature-rich :) PHP support in Netbeans is relatively new by the way. At least, proper PHP support.
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hi,

Me also using netbeans,found it after lot of searching for a php edtior in linux.For windows there is one called 'Rapid PHP' which
was the best.But with netbeans 6.7 i think netbeans is the best one for windows too.But netbeans lacks support for line wrapping which,IMHO ,is a very useful feature...
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chris,

I used to say the same thing. All this years I have been using htmlkit, a very basic html editor. But is the little things. For example now I can find my brackets. It highlights the line that has errors instantly, so you never get syntax errors when running. It let you mark lines of code, so if you are working in a big file you can go back and forth. It has the code formatting. I never use a debugger, so I dont know about that. It has the code navigator , so I can go directly to a function in a big file. it has the integrated version control, that I wish to learn how to use. That is all I am using on this editor right now.

The most annoying thing is that it does not stop on $. So copy-pasting variables in kind of a pain.
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When I say I like my editors light, I do mean with PHP support. I can see that using a HTML-editor all those years would be a nuisance. There are standard features you come to expect such as proper syntax highlighting, error detection (at a syntax level) and bracket pairing. I can bookmark lines of code too (just click in the margin). Likewise, I'm able to jump to specific classes, methods, SQL statements etc at the click of a button.

Netbeans isn't alone there... but it's certainly not light weight. I guess the main reason I don't like Netbeans is that it's written in Java... which in itself is fine, I like Java. But it's not the kind of thing I want to just leave running for days on end.
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what editor are you using? I would like to see it.
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