InterAKT produce a Dreamweaver Ultradev extension called Phakt that is pretty good. It creates PHP scripts that manipulate MySQL databases. It is free and allows comparable functionality to the 'native' UltraDev languages (ASP, JSP, Cold Fusion).
For more info - http://www.interakt.ro/products/PHAkt/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Todd Williamsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 21 February 2002 14:58 > To: 'Joel Wickard'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: MySQL PHP Development IDE > > > There is three options I use: > > 1. Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev4 with a PHP plugin or extension > 2. PHPEdit, its free I forget the website. It’s a good IDE, but kinda > annoying editor. > 3. Notepad > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joel Wickard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 10:34 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: MySQL PHP Development IDE > > > > > This off topic, but one of our programmers is interested in NuSphere's > PHPEd > > development interface and I would liek some feed back from other > users. > > > > His interest lies not so much in using for database table modeling, > but > for > > PHP and Perl development. > > If he's not really that interested in the mysql integration than I > would > say that you could probably go with a different IDE. PHPed's db > integration > and built-in php debugger are about the only two things that set it > apart > from other IDE's. > > I am well aware of the conflict a few months ago > > between MySQL and NuSphere, but I have never heard anything one way or > the > > other about PHPEd. > > At nearly $500 per package, it is not a decision I wish > > to make without some feedback from the community. > > > > How does PHPEd stack up compared to other PHP IDE's? What experience > (good > > or bad) has anyone had with it? Is there another product that is > better? > > > > Any feed back (either to the list or me me privately) will be > appreciated. > > Before you make a commitment, you can apply for a trial version of > PHPed. You have to give them real contact information, (I think I've > gotten > like 5 sales-pitch emails since I downloaded my free trial 3 months > ago.) > So you can give it a shot before you buy... and at $500 you should > probably > try it first. > > As for feedback on experience with the editor: > When you try to install the editor (at least this was what it did > three > months ago) It wants to install it's own copies of Apache and MySQL. > kind > of un-handy if you've got current installs you want to use. I think it > gave > you the option to keep your own, but after I got everything installed, > the > database integration wouldn't work. So I decided that I had free time > on my > hands, I hosed my installs of apache and mysql and let it install it's > own > stuff. after that I still couldn't get it to work properly. I probably > could have tweeked something here or there and gotten everything to go, > but > my reaction was kind of like.. "I'm going to pay $300 to have to play > with > it this much to get it to work?" It just didn't seem worth it Given > that I > currently used allaire's homesite and the only things that PHPed had > over > that in features was the db integration and php debugger, and I had > already > worked out my own solutions to those problems. > > I recommend downloading the trial version before you buy. I also > recommend > downloading the trial version of homesite as well. Homesite gives you > syntax highlighting, project management, web deployment. "scriptable" > deployment wich lets you decide what gets sent, where it gets put etc... > all > in a script that you can re-run. Plus homesite let's you edit the ide > to > add in features that you may need > (http://www.macromedia.com/software/homesite/) Or look into Quanta > depending on what platform you plan on developing on. > > I found it ironic that if you buy PHPed standard, it only runs on > windows > platforms, and that if you decided to buy PHP advantage, "then" you get > linux support. seems like it should be the other way around given that > the > product they are trying to sell was built on the back of Open Source > technologies. > > > Gerald Jensen > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Before posting, please check: > > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Trouble unsubscribing? 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