RAD PHP Tools

[drtanz]

Hi I was taking a look at CodeCharge a RAD for PHP and other languages, was wondering whether there are any other top RAD programs that are used alot by PHP Developers? thanks

[scross]

I believe Zend Studio is fairly popular with php developers: http://www.zend.com/products/zend_studio
However, most developers use editors such as Notepad++, with special code editing features (like syntax highlighting, for example), allowing for maximum control and no cost.

[Kudose]

I use my classes and PSPad.

I also have Zend Studio, but I prefer PSPad.

www.pspad.com

[drtanz]

however what you are mentioning are IDEs while i am more interested in actual RAD tools, if anyone has any more suggestions or any actual comments about codecharge id be happy to know them thanks

[scross]

Shouldn't you conduct your own research? And if you want to know more about the application you mentioned why not type it in on google? I looked on its website and found it has a 20 day trial so that would be a great way to try it out. If you really want to know, my personal opinion is that you should use Notepad++ or another text/code editor and learn the PHP language rather than taking shortcuts since PHP is not awfully difficult and it can take you on to other similar languages such as C/C++ (though I understand if you have time restrictions).

[crux_op]

Hmmm I use Symfony - http://www.symfony-project.com/
It's not another Rails clone. It came as a fork from the Mojavi project.

Then I bundle it with PHPEd. Having a framework (like Zend) + a remote debugger is the best.