PHP Development Tools

{{Infobox software

| name = PHP Development Tools

| screenshot = PHP Development Tools.png

| latest release version = 8.2{{ cite web | url = https://github.com/eclipse-pdt/pdt/wiki/NewIn82 | title = NewIn82 | access-date = 18 August 2024 | date = 2 December 2023 | website = Eclipse Foundation }}

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2023|12|02}}

| repo = https://github.com/eclipse/pdt

| operating system = Cross-platform

| genre = PHP IDE

| license = Eclipse Public License

| website = {{URL|https://eclipse.dev/pdt/}}

}}

PHP Development Tools (PDT) is a language IDE plugin for the Eclipse platform and the open-source project that develops it.

The project intends to encompass all tools necessary to develop PHP based software. It uses the existing Eclipse Web Tools Project to provide developers with PHP capabilities. All these PHP tools are easy to use and developers can speed up the development process by using these tools. Additional plugins are available as PDT Extensions.

Key features

= PHP editor =

Syntax Highlighting
Content Assist
Code Formatter
Refactoring
Code Templates

= 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.

[http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/php-dev/msg00129.html PHP IDE -> PDT] 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.{{

cite web

| url=http://www.zend.com/en/products/studio/comparison

| title=Zend Studio PDT Comparison

| publisher=Zend Technologies

| accessdate=2009-05-07}} Others contend that PDT is deliberately maintained as a "lite" version of Zend Studio.{{

cite web

|url = http://whitelionsoft.com/blog/2008/04/11/php-for-eclipse-phpeclipse-vs-pdt/

|title = PHP for Eclipse - PHPeclipse vs PDT

|quote = I can only guess that Zend, realizing the popularity of Eclipse, figured they should get involved and either… Didn’t bother to do a simple Google search for Eclipse PHP or…decided to create an introductory trial version (crippleware), label it as open source, and announce it to the world as the glorious PDT

|accessdate = 2009-05-07

|url-status = dead

|archiveurl = https://archive.today/20130209102152/http://whitelionsoft.com/blog/2008/04/11/php-for-eclipse-phpeclipse-vs-pdt/

|archivedate = 2013-02-09

}}

References

External links

[https://eclipse.dev/pdt/ PHP Development Tools project page]

Category:Eclipse (software)

Category:Free software programmed in PHP

Category:Software using the Eclipse Public License