PHP Development Tools

PHP editor • Syntax Highlighting • Content Assist • Code Formatter • Refactoring • Code Templates Easy and powerful code navigation Debugging and profiling • Zend Debugger • Xdebug Syntax validation ==Primary modules==

• Core — parser, search algorithm, communication and more • Debug — protocols, messages, executable and web server • User Interface — editor, views, preferences and wizards • Formatter — advanced code formatter • Refactoring — PHP refactoring support • PHPUnit — PHPUnit Support • Composer — Composer Support • Profiler — Xdebug and Zend Debugger profiling support ==Project timeline==

The project officially began around March 8, 2006. By the end of 2006, the project was approaching the 0.7 release. On April 6, 2007, 0.7 RC3 was released as the final 0.7 version. In the latter half of 2007, a series of 1.0 milestones were reached, and on September 18, 2007, PDT 1.0 Final was released. ==Naming issues==

The PHP Development Tools project has had two names during its development. It was initially named PHP Development Tools, then changed to PHP IDE, and reverted to PHP Development Tools on January 1, 2007. Various documentation and reviews use either name. ==Zend Technologies contributions==

Significant PDT development is being done by Zend Technologies. Zend sells a competing product named Zend Studio. PDT, as free software, may cannibalize sales of Zend Studio although the latter has more features. ==References==