Posted by jonKushner@gmail.com on 01/07/08 10:25

On Jan 7, 1:52 am, Michael Fesser <neti...@gmx.de> wrote:
> .oO(jonKush...@gmail.com)
>
> >On Jan 5, 5:52 am, "R.A.M." <r_ahims...@poczta.onet.pl> wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >> I have started learning PHP5. I would like to programme in Windows XP and
> >> Fedora Linux. I have found two IDEs for PHP (if I understood correctly):
> >> - Eclipse PDT,
> >> - EasyEclipse for PHP.
> >> What is the difference? Which one to choose? I would like to debug my
> >> applications.
> >> Please help. Thanks in advance.
> >> /RAM/
>
> >Ugh. Eclipse for PHP in general is garbage.
>
> You want to elaborate on that.
>
> >I definitely recommend
> >never even touching its extended wamp functionalities. If you cant get
> >your hands on a zend studio, I would definitely recommend notepad++
> >with the debugger plugin.
>
> >Eclipse - and PHP - just don't mix.
>
> I'm using Eclipse/PDT and it works very well. Better than anything else
> I've tried before.
>
> Micha



After reading at my message, I could see where my negative message
without explanation could be offensive, so let me make myself clear. I
used Eclipse exclusively for Java for an extremely long time.. It is,
and will always be, the landmark of java programming studios. With
PHP, however, I never quite got the same experience. Despite the fact
that eclipse just did not support all of the great functions it had
for java / c++ development, the bundle itself is decent yes.
Autocompletion, php doc, snippets, etc. all worked fine for the most
part. My main issue was that the eclipse app itself could not operate
with the PHP platform. I couldn't begin to tell you the laundry list
of options I tried to get eclipse working. It could have been the java
version, but I doubt it because I was also using the application for
java work. I really did love eclipse - We were huge supporters of the
application at UF ( we should still be on the servers list of
downloads ), but it just never seemed to work smoothly. So, with that
EXTREMELY hindering my viewpoint, it only went downhill. Xampp
combined with the internal browser tool just caused me to kill the
process time after time.

So, once again I am sorry if I came off in a negative manner. I am
sure it works great for others, as I know that wonderful eclipse
feeling you get. It's just - eclipse with PHP for me was more
obtrusive than helpful.

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