How much is Zend Actually Used?

[er0k]

Ill post a poll, this forum is small and doesnt have much content, to see how many of you actually use php for programming.

[Jedi Legend]

Originally posted by er0k
Ill post a poll, this forum is small and doesnt have much content, to see how many of you actually use php for programming.

I'm going to be the jerk to say it:

Use PHP for programming? Are you nuts? I use it for cooking.

Ok, I'm sorry... I knew what you meant. I don't use PHP for shell programming... yet.

[jstarkey]

lol. This is a tough poll.

er0k. Which Zend product were you referring to? I think we can only assume you mean PHP? Referring to the Zend Engine?

Sounds like a great book, Jedi: 'The Zend of Cooking" by Jedi Legend. :)

[piersk]

Surely he/she (can't be too careful :D) means the zend IDE that you can get.

[phrater]

I use Zend occasionally for PhP web development, but for the
most part I use Programmer's File Editor (PFE) or Pico if I
have the luxury of working from a *nix box on that particular
day. The problem with Zend is that it is so damned slow.
Right idea guys, but could you do some cleaning to make it
more w2k friendly for those of us that don't always get to
choose our environment.

[jstarkey]

pico?? Whoa!! You're the first coder I've heard step out of the emacs vs vi argument. :)

I coded in vi for 2 1/2 years and then switched to Studio.

[elToro]

I use Zend Studio, but not for shell programming.

[stolzyboy]

for shell programming, i'm a pico fan, and i'm entirely different when it comes to php programming, i like my color coding in macromedia's homesite

[jstarkey]

Originally posted by elToro
I use Zend Studio, but not for shell programming.

I have used it for shell work, but mostly use vi if it's remote.

Studio is also great for PHP-Gtk work. I've created a nice IMAP client and time tracker using solely Studio and have saved a lot of time.

[procoder]

You can use it for shell? please do explain :)

But I use zend at work and at home developing php sites

[jstarkey]

Originally posted by procoder
You can use it for shell? please do explain :)


Just open your script and edit it :)

I was referring to editing shell scripts with Studio.

[procoder]

Do you mean PHP CL? Like perl scripts... To do specefic systems tasks instead of websites

[jstarkey]

Yeah, most of my cron jobs use PHP scripts, and I compile a seperate binary for them.

If you want to use PHP from the shell, just do:

#!/path/to/php -q
<?php

echo "this is a shell script\n";

?>

And then execute that file.

[procoder]

can you pass permators like in perl?

script.php bla bla

e.t.c

[jstarkey]

Originally posted by procoder
can you pass permators like in perl?

script.php bla bla

e.t.c

lol, this is definitely the slowest moving thread in PHPB history :)

yeah, the params are in $argv, I believe. I do it on a couple scripts, but can't remember which array it is.

[Moonglobe]

Studio's not bad, but it really messes up with PHP5 so i can't use it (yes im alredy on php5, but only locally). As for emacs v. vi, i to am a pico coder when i just want something quick, but generally i use mc's built-in editor.

[stolzyboy]

i'm sure Zend will be waiting for stable PHP5 before developing a studio for it... at least i would hope :D

[n00854180t]

I have Zend at home but I don't use it often. I like it well enough, but it is so damned slow. I use GridinSoft Notepad mostly (its basically Windows Notepad with syntax highlighting and line numbering...very light but powerful, crashes occaisionally). At work I use Programmer's Notepad, or GridinSoft (although less because on Win98 it sucks. I am going to (hopefully sometime) put a Linux distro on this comp)).

[Moonglobe]

Slackware 9.1 (http://slackware.com/torrents/)'s out.....but only through bittorrent.

[LordShryku]

linuxiso.org also has it....

[Moonglobe]

well ya. but i was tired and it was a brain-o..........

[LordShryku]

I just like that site :D

[kangus]

From http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.php
create a file called ech.php with:

#!/usr/bin/php
<?php
var_dump($argv);
?>

then:
chmod 755 ech.php

then:

[root@aca8 kangus]# ./ech.php -- -h foo dog
X-Powered-By: PHP/4.2.2
Set-Cookie: ZDEDebuggerPresent=php,phtml,php3
Content-type: text/html

array(5) {
[0]=>
string(9) "./ech.php"
[1]=>
string(2) "--"
[2]=>
string(2) "-h"
[3]=>
string(3) "foo"
[4]=>
string(3) "dog"
}
[root@aca8 kangus]#

Hint; If you create the file on a DOS based system make sure to save the files as a unix type file (no lfcr just lf) or when you FTP the file to your Linux host make the conversion then.