I was previously using a proprietary IDE my day job makes. It wasn't really designed with PHP in mind, but it worked fairly well and I was used to it.
I installed NetBeans IDE - PHP and now know what I have been missing out on in a PHP specific IDE. It integrates directly with xdebug. No more manually debugging for this guy!
I use Komodo Edit, or PHPStorm, depending on where I'm working, but I rarely use the XDebug or other debugging features. I found out that, sometimes, they mess things up when I try to inspect the objects (I often have to look at entire classes), thus I still rely on a bit of var_dump() from time to time.
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Finally! Documented code! I feel comforted.
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I actually used a new IDE for this project that helped immensely. Comment expansion was the reason I went looking for it.
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I was previously using a proprietary IDE my day job makes. It wasn't really designed with PHP in mind, but it worked fairly well and I was used to it.
I installed NetBeans IDE - PHP and now know what I have been missing out on in a PHP specific IDE. It integrates directly with xdebug. No more manually debugging for this guy!
Do you use something else?
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Check out the Documentation! We are always looking for new content and pull requests.
Click on insightful, awesome, and funny reactions to thank community volunteers for their valuable posts.
I use Komodo Edit, or PHPStorm, depending on where I'm working, but I rarely use the XDebug or other debugging features. I found out that, sometimes, they mess things up when I try to inspect the objects (I often have to look at entire classes), thus I still rely on a bit of
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