Posted by Tyno Gendo on 05/10/07 12:53

voland111@yahoo.com wrote:
> On May 8, 12:48 pm, Tyno Gendo <you@localhost> wrote:
>> Sanders Kaufman wrote:
>>> Tyno Gendo wrote:
>>>> Zend Studio is a bit bulky I found, intellisense drags quite a bit and
>>>> standard edition is quite low on features, no FTP, no Database connector.
>>> I use Zend - and it DOES have FTP and database connections.
>>> Also that intellisense stuff absolutely *rocks*. I created about a
>>> hundred custom functions that I use over and over. It not only
>>> intellisensesPHP, but also my custom functions.
>> It does have FTP and Database in the Professional version, not in the
>> standard, and the Pro version is very expensive if I recall.
>>
>> Mind you, PHPed was expensive and not available under Linux.
>>
>> Arguments I heared against Zend are that they update and charge for
>> point upgrades but PHPed has rolling yearly renewal which I think is better.
>
> PhpED is not more expenssive that Zend, actually I got during their
> sale and it came out much cheaper than ZS.
>

Yes, i too bought it in the sale. It's a fantastic IDE. I would say
the most "Visual Studio" like of all the PHP environments I've tried.

I'd still class it as expensive from a home user perspective, but for
commercial use its brilliant.

I only started my first commercial PHP employment about 7 months ago and
in that time I switched between lots of different IDEs and eventually
purchased PHPed out of my own money because I wanted the most
comfortable environment for me.

Everyone's different, but I heartily recommend it (and no I'm not
employed by NuSphere... LOL )

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