Hello,
I found Dev-PHP in a magazine's CD. I like your project.
Before installing Dev, I was using PHP Expert Editor, a really powerful editor with even embedded FTP support.
I noticed that Dev-PHP, unlike PHP Expert Editor, doesn't show you the syntax ("prototype") of standard functions.
Like in Visual Studio, if you type the name of a function and open the parenthesis, phpxpedit shows you all the arguments of the function.
For example when you type "header(" a small popup appears on top of the line you're working on, showing:
"int header( string string [, bool replace [, int http_respone_code]])"
This helps you use standard functions when you forget the right syntax.
I suggest you to build a function index file, with name and protos. When the "(" is detected, Dev-PHP should search for the previously typed function name in the index file, and report the standard prototype, maybe with a short explanation, if found.
What do you think about this idea? phpxpedit is a very powerful PHP editor, but is a shareware. Dev-PHP is Open Source ;-)
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you can test version 2.x.x of dev-php. this version has a builtin ftpclient. if you use Ctrl-space in the editor you see a popup - window with the standard functions syntax. but there is no small popup if you are typing..
version 2.x.x has also included a real webserver to preview the files like on a external server. in the future a debugger with xdebug will be included (is in "alpha"- status this moment).
devphp 3 will be more editor and is coded from leonardo garcia. devphp 2 come as ide with more features but larger files. use what you need... -:)
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I hate those kind of pop :) So if you want to had it please make a disable box for this option :p
For sure, It's really nice when you forget but so boring when you don't because you can't see the behind the pop up-area and most of time (for php at least) it don't provide enough information if you don't previously know exactly what this function do, so www.php.net/yourfunction si much better :p
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Hello,
I found Dev-PHP in a magazine's CD. I like your project.
Before installing Dev, I was using PHP Expert Editor, a really powerful editor with even embedded FTP support.
I noticed that Dev-PHP, unlike PHP Expert Editor, doesn't show you the syntax ("prototype") of standard functions.
Like in Visual Studio, if you type the name of a function and open the parenthesis, phpxpedit shows you all the arguments of the function.
For example when you type "header(" a small popup appears on top of the line you're working on, showing:
"int header( string string [, bool replace [, int http_respone_code]])"
This helps you use standard functions when you forget the right syntax.
I suggest you to build a function index file, with name and protos. When the "(" is detected, Dev-PHP should search for the previously typed function name in the index file, and report the standard prototype, maybe with a short explanation, if found.
What do you think about this idea? phpxpedit is a very powerful PHP editor, but is a shareware. Dev-PHP is Open Source ;-)
you can test version 2.x.x of dev-php. this version has a builtin ftpclient. if you use Ctrl-space in the editor you see a popup - window with the standard functions syntax. but there is no small popup if you are typing..
version 2.x.x has also included a real webserver to preview the files like on a external server. in the future a debugger with xdebug will be included (is in "alpha"- status this moment).
devphp 3 will be more editor and is coded from leonardo garcia. devphp 2 come as ide with more features but larger files. use what you need... -:)
I hate those kind of pop :) So if you want to had it please make a disable box for this option :p
For sure, It's really nice when you forget but so boring when you don't because you can't see the behind the pop up-area and most of time (for php at least) it don't provide enough information if you don't previously know exactly what this function do, so www.php.net/yourfunction si much better :p