Tag: IDE
The 5.2.0 version of Komodo Edit has just been released. In addition to some bug fixes and UI features, the release notes indicate that support for PHP 5.3.0 has been added, including code completions for name spaces and syntax coloring of latest keywords (“namespace”, “use”, “as”, etc…).
(FYI, this is the editor I’m currently using, but who knows which I’ll be using a few months from now.)
As I discussed earlier, I’ve been playing around some with NetBeans 6.5 for PHP IDE. While overall I have liked it a lot, one thing that was holding me back was that it did not seem to be possible to simply open a file for editing unless it was part of a defined project.
I figured it must just be my ignorance, so today I did a little googling and found out that there is a “Favorites” window you can open and use that for “random file access.” To access it, either select the “Window” menu item and then “Favorites” in the drow-down menu, or just type Ctrl+3. This adds the Favorites window in the left pane (at least in my NetBeans configuration).
I recently downloaded and installed the Community Edition (i.e.: free) of the Aptana Studio IDE, which includes a PHP plug-in. My initial impression is a good one, and at some point I’ll probably write a review here; but for now I just wanted to report on a problem I encountered and the very simple fix that resolved it.
The issue was that when I clicked on the File -> New… menu selection, it listed options for several types of files to create (HTML, JavaScript, CSS, etc.), but there was no option for a new PHP file. This causes two problems: you cannot then have it start with your desired template PHP text, plus the editor does not start in what I’ll call a “PHP mode” where features like syntax highlighting and parse error checking work.