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Some most advanced PHP development tools that every developer must use

PHP or Hypertext Pre-processor, previously known as Personal Home Page, is a programming language that help developers to build dynamic web contents which interact with databases. It was first released in the year 1995 by Rasmus Lerdorf as a small open-source project which developed further as more people got introduced to it. Now, PHP is the fastest and most commonly used server-side scripting language for creating web apps and sites. It is famous for its features which help developers to do their work easily like – detailed documentation, huge community, ready-to-use scriptures and well supported frameworks.

Today, there are a bunch of developmental tools available in the market for PHP which helps to increase the work efficiency of the language even more. These tools act as IDEs where developers can effectively build feature-rich PHP projects.

Let us discuss some of these advanced PHP tools that every developer must know and use while working with PHP.

PHPStorm

PHPstorm is the most common and standard option among the various tools due its lightweight and extremely fast and smooth working ability. It works very well with different PHP frameworks like Symfoni, Yii, Zend Framework, CakePHP, etc and CMS like Magento, WordPress. PHPStorm boast on its features and specialities like code completion, code re-arranger, zero configuration debugging, and most of all, it supports languages like JavaScript, Visual Basic, C, C++, and C#.

Zend Studio

Zend Studio is known for its optimal speed. It does not take any extra effort or time while writing and debugging code in Zend Studio. It supports PHP 7 and debug scripts using X-ray,  Xdebug and Zend Debugger. Some of its special features include indexing and searching PHP code, faster performance in validation, Zend Framework and Zend_Tool Integration. You can also extend Zend Studio by Eclipse plug-ins as Zend Studio supports them.

Eclipse

Eclipse is a complete developmental tool that give developers the freedom to choose from a wide range of plugins which makes it very easy to simplify complex PHP code. It allows you to customise and extend IDE according to the need of your project. It supports both GUI and non GUI applications and have features like syntax highlighting, code templates, code navigation, content assist. It also supports multiple languages like ABAP, Ada, C, C++, Haskell, COBOL, D, JavaScript, Fortran, Java, Julia, Perl, Lua, NATURAL, PHP, Prolog, Ruby, Python, R, Lasso, Rust, Scala, Groovy, Scheme, Clojure, and Erlang.

Sublime Text

It is the top text editor for PHP developers. Sublime Text is not a proper IDE. You can make it a suitable editor for PHP applications by installing certain plugins and packages. It is cross platform, source code editor that supports all the popular programming and mark-up languages. Some of the features of Sublime Text are split editing, instant project switch, distraction free ode, plugins API. You can change any line of code using this editor.

Cloud 9

Cloud 9 is an open sourced cloud based IDE that offers developing environment for various programming languages. Developers can use the pre-configured environments called ‘Workspace’ and create web applications with features like browser compatibility testing and live preview. Cloud 9 has various features like real-time language analysis, tabbed file management, integrated debugger, built-in image editor, code reformatting.

Due to its cloud nature, you can take your PHP projects anywhere and collaborate with you colleagues using its collaborative coding features.

CodeLobster

CodeLobster is another popular IDE that supports various PHP frameworks like Symfony, Laravel, CodeIgniter, CakePHP, Magento, etc. When using this IDE, you do not need to remember the names of arguments, functions, attributes, tags, as CodeLobster has a autocomplete feature for HTML, JavaScript, PHP, and CSS. Other features include syntax highlighting, SQL manager, code validator and function parameters display.

Keep in mind that the development tools that are mentioned in this blog are not the only ones available in the market. There are various PHP tools that are present in the market, paid and free. The tools we have listed are among the most popular and commonly used tools. They are packed with rich features and functions that help developers to quickly and easily create PHP web applications.

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What is Web 2.0 and what is its advantages over Web 1.0?
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With the world evolving and so much technological advancement happening all around, the internet or the world wide web is bound to evolve as well. You might have not noticed in detail but the internet we use today is quite different and advanced from when it was first introduced. In the early years, the internet, mostly, used to have static web sites and personal sites. The interaction or the engagement of people/users were very limited. The internet was mainly used for finding information which were coming directly from the servers. This was the first generation of world wide web or as experts like to call it, Web 1.0.

It was after the year 2000, when more user-generated content and information started being available over the internet and with the rise of various social media platforms we ushered into the second generation of the internet. This new generation of the internet is what experts refer to as Web 2.0. We are currently living in the age of Web 2.0. The term was first coined by Darci Dinucci in the year 1999 and was popularized by Tim O’Reilly and Dale Dougherty in 2004. According to Tim O’Reilly, “Web 2.0 is the business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move to the internet as a platform, and any attempt to understand the rules for success on that new platform.”

In more simpler words, Web 2.0 means using the internet and its various applications or tools in such a way that people can freely express themselves online and have the opportunities to share and collaborate with other people.

Web 2.0 has made our life easier. There are many advantages of Web 2.0 over its previous generation of the internet. Let us discuss them:
  • Web 2.0 has a read/write/collaborate format where people can, not only just read any information but also add their own version of information about a topic to the internet. People can collaborate and interact with other people. Web 1.0 allowed people to only read a piece of particular information over the internet without any sort of interaction with it.
  • During the time of Web 1.0, reading an article or a piece of information over the internet was just like attending a lecture. It was very one sided where you just read the information with very little to no interaction at all. Web 2.0 allows people to comment on the information or discuss in details about a article, with its author or other people over the internet, just like a conversation.
  • Another advantage of Web 2.0 is that it is a open sourced or shared platform. Web 1.0 mainly consisted of websites which were either commercial or proprietary. With Web 2.0’s nature, various social media platforms and open forums allow people to freely express themselves without any limitation and share anything that’s happening around the world.
  • A major advantage of Web 2.0 is its ability to serve as a storage platform. Back in the day, data, information or other multimedia files could only be stored in hard drives, CDs or floppy disks. Web 2.0 allows us to store data and information over the internet with various cloud based storage platforms and social media platforms.
  • Web 1.0 allowed limited amount of communication. With Web 2.0, methods of communication has also improved and increased. Various social media platforms and chatting services, now, allow us to communicate with anyone in any part of world and share data or information instantly.

These are some basic advantages of Web 2.0. If you think about it, there are many more features and advantages of Web 2.0. This new generation of internet and its various tools and applications like – Wikipedia, WordPress, YouTube, Google Maps, Facebook, Twitter, Google Docs, Drive, etc, has really had our life much easier and the overall internet experience more pleasant. Web 2.0 is very advanced and is bound to evolve even more.

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