<? PHPEclipse ?>
The current version of PHPEclipse can be downloaded from the
PHPEclipse Project Page.
Note that it is a young project, still very much work in progress
(some features of the preAlpha releases are intended for developer discussion)
Your comments and bug reports will help us shape PHPEclipse into the best free PHP IDE,
please send your bugs to the Bug Tracking System on the SourceForge.net Project Page.
You can also find “Public Forums” and a “Developers Mailing List” there.
Installation:
Installing the PHPEclipse plugin is quite straightforward :
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Make sure you have Eclipse 2.0 properly setup or download it from here.
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Simply unzip the files in your eclipse plugins directory (<your path>\eclipse\plugins).
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(re)Start Eclipse.
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Open the “Resource Perspective” and add a file with a php,php3 or php4 extension to your source tree.
With a right mouse click on the PHP file you should see the new menu entry “Open With->PHP Editor”.
Currently Supported Features:
- Syntax Highlighting (*.php, *.php3, *.php4 file extensions).
- Outline shows the sorted PHP function names (no class names at the moment) of the current editor
- Calls via Java's Runtime.exec() to MySQL/Apache are configurable through a Preference Page.
- Calls via Java's Runtime.exec() to an external Browser are configurable through a Preference Page.
- The Documentroot for Apache is configurable to the current workspace through the Preference Page.
- The Menu to start MySQL/Apache could be activated in the menu “Window->Customize Perspective...”.
- The external browser will be launched through a right mouse klick in the “Resource Perspective” on a PHP file in the navigator tree (file extensions php,php3 and php4) and choosing the menu “Open PHP Browser”.
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The PHP Help is integrated in the menu “Help->Help Contents”.
Note:You can add or exchange this help files with other files from http://php.net/download-docs.php,
if you modify the doc.zip file in your PHPEclipse plugins home directory.
- The context help for PHP functions could be called with a right mouse click on a function name and choosing the menu “PHP Help”
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Experimental: the Control+Space and Control+Shift+Space shortcuts are very experimental at the moment.
Notes:
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You reach the Preference Page through the “Window->Preferences” menu.
In the left tree click on the “PHP” entry to modify your settings.
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You reach the Customize Perspective through the “Window->Customize Perspective...” menu.
In the left tree click on the “Other” entry and activate the “PHP/Apache” checkbox.