[ubuntu-uk] PHP IDE for Ubuntu

[John K Masters]

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 21:39:12 +0100
stude.list at googlemail.com wrote:

> Hi
> 
> Just wondering if anyone knows of a good PHP IDE?
> 
> I would preferably like one that can handle multiple files at one,
> preferably with some kind of project interface where it lists all the
> files in my project.
> Auto Complete of inbuilt functions, and if possible auto parsing of my
> PHP code so it can suggest my functions.
> Error highlighting would be useful, but not required because I can
> just run the PHP parser over it.
> Integrated debugger may be useful but is a really low priority, I
> normally put in echos when something goes wrong.
> 
> Of course content highlighting is essential.
> 
> Gedit does the highlighting but not much more.
> I have tried gphpedit, it does some auto complete, but not for my
> functions and feels a little basic, and when invoked from the command
> line it spews GTK warnings all over the console, which I would still
> like to use (for things like CVS).
> 
> I have done quite a lot of Java programming and am a fan of Eclipse.
> I hear there is a couple of PHP extensions for it, has anyone used
> them and which is best?
> 
> 
> Of course its essential the program is Free and Open Source. And MUST
> run under Ubuntu, I intend to do quite a bit of PHP programming and I
> refuse to spend that much time in Windows.
> I would prefer it to be in the repositories but I can compile from
> source if its a really good application.
> 
> Thanks for any advice anyone can offer.
> 
> - Andy
> 
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Regards, John