Looking for good PHP development environment

[stanchat]

Does anyone have any suggestions for a good PHP editor. Something that will write, edit and debug PHP scripts? I have programmed in ASP and ASP.NET before but this will be my first stab at PHP scripting so if it did a little handholding at first that would not be a bad thing.

[mot]

PHPEd (not PHPEdit) or Eclipse with the PHPEclipse plugin (be sure to get the latest version from CVS) or Dreamweaver.

[James C. Smith]

Does Dreamweaver really have a PHP debugger?

I love NuSphere PhpED (http://www.nusphere.com/products/phped.htm). It makes it simple to edit, run and debug PHP code. The debugger does everything I have come to expect in a good C++ debugger but the IDE has some nice features like deployment via FTP.

I have never used any other PHP IDE since PhpEd does everything I ever wanted. I am curios if there is a less expensive alternative that is comparable.

[Slayerizer]

Does Dreamweaver really have a PHP debugger?

I love NuSphere PhpED (http://www.nusphere.com/products/phped.htm). It makes it simple to edit, run and debug PHP code. The debugger does everything I have come to expect in a good C++ debugger but the IDE has some nice features like deployment via FTP.

I have never used any other PHP IDE since PhpEd does everything I ever wanted. I am curios if there is a less expensive alternative that is comparable.

I tried PhpED not so long ago but Eclipse (php edition) is better.

pros:

multiplaform
free
integrated debugger
code refactoring
syntax highlighting
Integrated web browser preview


php-eclipse zend edition download (http://www.zend.com/phpide/)

info page (http://www.eclipse.org/proposals/php-ide/)

I tried 4-8 php editor and it's the best editor so far..


I also suggest PSPad for an all-in-one solution for editing text files (I don't know if there is a way to integrate the debugger with this one). It features:
regex find and replace, html ascii window, html reformat, html compact, tidy..

[filharvey]

k, I use VS.net and this http://www.jcxsoftware.com/vs.php

Phil