Sales @ Lycosa scribeva in 2008-04-02 09:22: > I am considering upgrading to a new IDE / RAD for PHP. I currently use an > *OLD* version of HomeSite, and need more debugging tools. I need to build > and test locally, then upload to my web server. > > I would like to know what people are currently using, and how you rate them. I've been using (on both WinXP and Linux) Eclipse PDT[0] with Xdebug[1] (both free). I'd rate it something like 9/10 - very good to work with after some initial tweaking. If you'd like to pay for your IDE, you might want to consider Zend Studio[2] (also based on Eclipse). Other Eclipse based IDEs include Aptana[3] and PHPEclipse[4]. These I haven't tried. I used to use PHPEdit[5] (not free). It was good too. .k [0]http://www.eclipse.org/pdt/ [1]http://xdebug.org/ [2]http://www.zend.com/en/products/studio/ [3]http://www.aptana.com/ [4]http://www.phpeclipse.de/ [5]http://www.waterproof.fr/products/PHPEdit/