I'm looking for a "SINGLE INSTALLER" solution for PHP Development.
Is there anything out there which will give me a nice IDE, Web Server, Debugger, Database, etc, on a single install image (*.msi or *.exe)?
This of course would be completely opposite of Eclipse PDT, which requires you to search and locate a bunch of additional components which never quite work together.
I think you should go for a separate install for server (web, database) and one for development (IDE, debug) -> Zend or PHPed ?
I think the question is: Does there need to be a true all-in-one solution? I think not.
I agree it's bothersome to have to put dozens of pieces together, but I find a combination of XAMPP, the IDE of my choice, and a few additional bells and whistles (like Polystyle for source code formatting) totally flexible, and not too much work to install.
I don't know if you'll find all of what you're looking for in one package for Windows, but you can get it narrowed down to about two...
XAMPP for Windows comes with: Apache, MySQL, PHP + PEAR, Perl, mod_php, mod_perl, mod_ssl, OpenSSL, phpMyAdmin, Webalizer, Mercury Mail Transport System for Win32 and NetWare Systems v3.32, Ming, JpGraph, FileZilla FTP Server, mcrypt, eAccelerator, SQLite, and WEB-DAV + mod_auth_mysql.
Then you just need an editor with a debugger, which there are many choices, mostly non-free, such as NuSphere's PhpEd - or free - such as Eclipse PDT or gVim+XDebug+DBGp client.
True one-in-all - not yet. Maybe someone reading this will upload a version.
My tip would be:
XAMPP and Netbeans (The PHP bundle).
2 clicks to install.
3 clicks if you don't have java installed already.
Netbeans is a nice IDE for PHP, too. I use it all the time and I'm much more satisfied with than with Eclipse PDT. It comes in one neat bundle, that you can just install and use right away.
Just download the PHP bundle here
As for a web server, I can recommend XAMPP or Zend Server. They are both easy to install and do a good job. XAMPP has MySQL on board while Zend Server has some really cool optimization features for great performance.
Should it be a requirement that your development environment is easy to install? You're a developer so, you should be able to install and configure a set of (more powerful) tools that suit your specific needs.
You'll only install your bundled IDE once (every so often) so that feature no longer is of benefit when you're developing your projects. It's more likely to become a hindrance as you struggle to configure your environment.
Take a look at Komodo IDE also.
If you're on windows you can get a WAMP package for web,php,database. For IDE I do like Zend Studio 5.5. Not their latest interation based off of PDT. 5.5 has a nice debugger and a built-in web browser that you can view output. The interface is pretty fast, running your code through the debugger/browser is slower than on a real webserver, but ofcourse you get the nice perks of breaking,inspecting your code. The only drawback is that Zend Studio 5.5 is not supported anymore and the highest PHP version that works with it is 5.2.13.
Currently though I have a Virtualbox Ubuntu Server image that mirrors my production enviroment, except it has Samba installed so I can easily copy files back and forth.
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I'm in the process of switching over to developing on a Mac (woohoo, new Macbook Air) after years of Windows. My previous PHP development setup was:
WAMP
NotePad++
XDebug
TortoiseSVN and WinMerge (linked to an Unfuddle svn account)
I've just installed MAMP Pro (evaluation copy of Pro), Eclipse for PHP Developers (Version: Helios Service Release 2, Build id: 20110218-0911), and Subclipse. I'm trying to get over the "new to Mac" hump at the same time as switching dev tools. Which is making me question my setup eleventy billion times more than usual. I've read lots of StackOverflow questions and answers, googled the heck out of dev environment tutorials. What I really want to ask is "PLZ tell me what to do to get a good dev setup on my pretty new Mac!" but since that's probably not a very well-formed question, I'll try to narrow it down some. (But if you get bored reading this question, and just want to point me to a good book or tutorial, FEEL FREE!)
MAMP: OK, I think I'm fine on this one, right? It's pretty much the defacto standard, if I don't want to hammer everything together myself from what came pre-installed on my mac. I'm probably fine with dropping $60 to get MAMP Pro, as developers I know have told me the long-term convenience is worth it.
IDE: I used Eclipse for several years... but for Java development in a Windows environment. Part of me is happy to get back to a full IDE after a few years of PHP in Notepad++. But do I want Eclipse for PHP? EclipsePDT? Something else? I picked the version I have based on several StackOverflow answers mentioning that EclipsePDT didn't necessarily play well with Mac.
SVN: I took the StackOverflow hive mind advice to install Sublipse for the eclipse integrated SVN plugin. Yay, it looks like it's working, or at least I can browse my repository.
Debugging: Zend Debug comes with MAMP, right? I've never used it, but I was only semi-happy with XDebug + Notepad++ on my Windows box, as it kept locking up and requiring a Notepad++ restart multiple times a day. Will I love Zend more? Should I stick to XDebug? (Or, wait, does Zend only work with Eclipse PDT?)
Now for the actual setup questions. Given that I've got existing Unfuddle SVN repositories, what's the best way to set up my dev environment? Put the source code into the MAMP htdocs directory, and point the eclipse workspace there? (recommended by many SO answers, IIUC) Vice versa, with code into the default eclipse workspace, and point MAMP to it? A separate Projects/myProject1 directory, pointing both MAMP and Eclipse there? I'm concerned that any of these options will work for the initial setup, but that I'll get deep into the work and discover that my debugger won't work for one configuration or another, or... I dunno, something I haven't thought of yet will cause a problem I could have avoided, if only I'd known.
OSX (also the client version) already includes everything you need to develop with PHP! Oh, and it's all 64 bit :) (on Snow Leopard and Lion)
Apache 2 is included by default and can be enabled from System Preferences -> Sharing (its name is "Web Sharing", or something similar: I'm sorry but I use OSX in another language!).
PHP is installed by default too. You just need to enable it in /etc/apache2/httpd.conf: uncomment this line:
LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so
MySQL can be installed from binary packages, downloaded from: http://www.mysql.com/downloads/
The only things you need to change in the php.ini file (/etc/php.ini) are:
pdo_mysql.default_socket=/tmp/mysql.sock
mysql.default_socket = /tmp/mysql.sock
mysqli.default_socket = /tmp/mysql.sock
You need to manually set the socket location for MySQL or it won't work with PHP.
Also, remember to set a value in date.timezone.
SVN and Git are installed automatically when you install the developer tools for Lion, which can be downloaded freely from http://developer.apple.com/mac (a free registration is required).
If you need Mercurial or if you aren't on Lion (so you don't have XCode 4), download the developer tools, then an application named macports, which provides ports for thousands common UNIX tools: http://www.macports.org/ . Once MacPorts is installed, you can install the required packages with a simple command:
sudo port install subversion
sudo port install git
sudo port install mercurial
I don't use any graphical tool for these SCM, so I can't really suggest you. I prefer the old, plain command line!
Developer Tools (the package with XCode) is required also if you want to use pecl to install custom extensions (the default distribution of PHP Apple ships doesn't contain some extensions like mcrypt, gettext and intl, just to name the three most important).
Speaking about editors... The one I really prefer and love is Coda. It's not free, but it's perfect if you want to develop in PHP: http://panic.com/coda/ .
It's also integrated with SVN (but we use Mercurial so I never used that option!).
For (S)FTP, I recommend you Cyberduck, which is free (open source): http://cyberduck.ch/ . Another really good client should be Transmit, but it's not fee (it's from Panic, the same company that produces Coda): I've never tried it (I'm really happy with Cyberduck!), but I heard thousands of good opinions about it.
I am beginner to PHP. I want to debug/execute an existing PHP project. I have already installed Eclipse as IDE and what else should be installed in my system (OS is Windows xp).
And what and all settings should do in that...??
I request you to invest few seconds for this "Kid of PHP".......
I would recommend installing xampp, it allows you to run a website on your local machine.
php and a web server would come in handy ;-)
http://windows.php.net/download/
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi
Firephp is a Firefox extension. It works as a module of Firebug. After you install it and add the php library to your code your messages will appear inside the browser. A real quick and clear way to debug in php.
Since you said you are a beginner, it is better NOT to go after advanced debuggers like xDebug at the moment.
print_r(); die;
is the best debugging tool for you now.
Also if you want to nicely format the output of print_r() when arrays or objects are shown, do this:-
echo '<pre>', print_r($array), '</pre>';
And Eclipse! If you are a beginner (or pro), definitely go for NetBeans. NetBeans comes with built-in support for xDebug and zend debugger and a lot other cool stuff you can use when you learn more. If you are going with Eclipse, you will need to install Eclipse extensions like PDT for making Eclipse support PHP.
Of course you will need a web server with PHP support. If you already don't have that, install xampp as somebody mentioned earlier. That's the easy way to get the web server running quickly.
NetBeans is just great, everything works out of the box. Very little to configure. (I'm a former Eclipse user)
I want to start learning PHP. I have had a look at the various options available to install the PHP+MySQL+Apache combination. But it all seems too cumbersome and a lot of editing to the CONF files always leads to one problem or the other. So I had a couple of questions to ask:
1) How will something like WAMP help me? If I install WAMP, will that be enough?
2) Isn't there some Eclipse like IDE ( coming from a Java Background ), that allows WAMP to be integrated with it? ( Or is typing on Notepad the only option available )?
Please help me out by explaining things a little elaborately. Thank you so much for your time and patience.
i personally use xampp and netbeans for my local web development. you can actually set up the netbeans project wherever you want, so you can just place all your files in the htdocs folder of xampp (at C:\xampp) and edit the files in the folder directly. This will allow you to immediately see any changes you have made by reloading the web page.
xampp allows you to run apache (with mod_php installed and configured) and mysql on your local machine and even includes a handy panel to let you start and stop them at any time.
netbeans has a lot of tools for easy development and support for frameworks like Zend. You can also use it for many other languages should you wish to expand.
I prefer WAMP because it doesn't try to do anything fancy with configurations... when you install it, you get PHP, Apache, MySQL, and phpMyAdmin with each of their default configurations and extensions loaded. It's the same as installing them separately, only they're all in one convenient directory, and you get the handy tray icon to restart services and enable/disable extensions.
As for an IDE, I use Eclipse PHP Development Tools (PDT), but I've heard good things about Netbeans too. Eclipse can do everything Scott described Netbeans being able to do as well. You also might want to look into Aptana which was branched from Eclipse PDT but is now maintained by a different team.
you can go ahead and install xampp from apachefriends, it comes with an apache web server, mysql database, phpmyadmin and a control panel for both servers, and installs fairly quick and with the default settings you will be pretty much set. Not sure what integration you'd want between the editor and the webserver though. if you mean code folding, autocomplete and all that stuff, eclipse has a php-friendly version, and so does netbeans (these 2 are the most popular choices as far as i've seen)
Is any installer which can configure PHP, IDE, MySQL,Curl API and Apache. my goal is to use Curl API using PHP. I am lots of trouble with manual installing.
i don't recommend you using a specific IDE unless you need those features.
consider eclipse php
edit:
for quick development on Windows i'd rather use EasyPHP, it's faster and lighter than WAMP IMO
Windows - use WAMP
Linux - just use the native package manager
Mac - use Macports or XAMP if you must
As for IDE's id Grab Eclipse+PDT (theres a nifty all-in-one binary) or NetBeans... i prefer Eclipse myself.
IF you dont need a full IDE but jsut a good text editor I like Textmate on OSX and E on Windows... for linux i never found one i liked really (ie. Texamate for Linux haha).
Use Zend if u want extra facilities some time curl needs to run faster so what we do is use threading in zend there are trick of it that none other has.
EASYPHP will do the magic
SugarCRM --> hmmm is heavy and add more time to development
I'm trying to set up Eclipse for php web development. What I would like to do is preview a php web page from within Eclipse, but I cannot figure out how to do this. Is there an integrated web server of some sort that allows this, or do I have to set up IIS/Apache to do it? If so, do I have to have my php files in the web servers path, or does Eclipse auto deploy the files to the local web server? Any information or links would be very much appreciated.
There is a plugin for Eclipse called PDT which makes PHP development a breeze.
For an overview on how to install it, you can refer to the Eclipse website:
http://wiki.eclipse.org/PDT/Installation#Eclipse_3.4_.2F_Ganymede_.2F_PDT_2.0
To actually view the PHP scripts running, I would imagine that you'd have to have some sort of server already installed and running. You could probably set the workspace location to be in the server path, and then view the files through localhost. But maybe the PDT package takes care of some of that for you.
I will make it Very Easy ;)
(1) Go to Eclipse home: http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ and download Eclipse Classic (Current May/2013 version is 4.2.2)
(2)
One you have eclipse fired-up in you machine Do followings : Help > Install Software
Than, Click On Add
Finally, Add this link: http://download.eclipse.org/releases/indigo for all the list of Add-Ons
and pick PHP under Web Addon (Should be last in the list) and Install it.
Restart you eclipse + thumbs-up to my Ans. and Start Coding ;)
I setup apache/php/MySQL on my windows PC, so that testing environment is not totally unlike my servers (excepting the OS, but 90% of the time that's okay). I create alias's in the Apache configuration to the Eclipse workspace, and just hop between the browser and eclipse. The URL for testing is something like:
http://localhost/project_name/file.php
While this isn't ideal, it is a fairly consistent/smooth process that doesn't require a great deal of configuration within Eclipse. I keep thinking there should be a better way, but I honestly don't think I'm burning enough time to justify the research. Once the setup is done, I don't really loose more time after that, and I can control which version of PHP I'm running on my system.
I don't tend to like integrated browsers for testing of web applications anyway. Every time I've dealt with one, it was completely different from a "real" browser that I had to completely retest anyway. At least this way, I have my Firefox testing done when I'm through the first pass of the logic.
try easyeclipse, it the easiest Eclipse setup i've found
"EasyEclipse for LAMP:
For PHP, Python, Perl, and Ruby development with a web server and a database"
I would also recommend downloading and installing WAMP server which is a really easy all in one Windows equivalent (windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP) of what you are likely to have with a commercial web host. See http://www.wampserver.com for details and download.
As well as pdt which had already been mentioned other alternatives are phpeclipse and aptana studio which is based on eclipse.
Visit this website https://eclipse.org/pdt/. Go to where it says 'Update existing Eclipse'.
The procedure is this "In Eclipse, click Help -> Install New Software and work with *: http://download.eclipse.org/tools/pdt/updates/3.6"