Posted by Ming on 05/12/07 07:03

On May 11, 4:26 am, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
> Ming wrote:
> > On May 8, 3:40 pm, voland...@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.
>
> > PhpED advantage version is on sale for 74 dollars, was 495!
> >
> > Is it true? Was it really 495 ? 421 dollars' discount?
> >
>
> (Top posting fixed)
>
> Yep. I suspect it wasn't selling many at $495. It's a good program -
> but not THAT good. Some companies would buy it, but it's out of the
> price of most individual developers. And I suspect a lot of companies
> wouldn't pay for it, either.
I just downloaded PhpEd to try it. The code completion feature does
not work properly. For example, after I declare $client, when I type
$c, it does not give me $client for me to choose.But if I type $_ and
then delete _, then type c, the popup window does show $client. Not
very impressive.

>
> After all - it is basically just an editor with some nice "extras". But
> try explaining to the accounting department why these "extras" are so
> important.
>
> I think it's a lot more realistically priced now.
>
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