Best Open Source Debugging / RAD tool for PHP

mottwsc

What is the best open source debugging / RAD tool for PHP? And why is it considered the best - ease of use, features, etc. I realize that these may represent two related categories, but I'm hoping one tool does both well...

Thanks!

NogDog

For a true RAD tool with a visual interface, the only one I'm aware of (but have not tried) is Borland's Delphi for PHP; but it's not open-source.

As far as debugging, I think most of the major IDE's that support PHP can include XDebug and/or Zend Debugger. If you don't mind the cost, Zend Studio is probably the most comprehensive IDE for PHP out there. If you're cheap like me, you might take a look at Aptana Community Version (make sure you get the latest release candidate of the PHP plug-in beta, unless it's now been made the standard release.)

MileyPink

what's the best link or site for it?

NogDog

MileyPink;10893162 wrote:
what's the best link or site for it?

Not sure what your antecedent is for "it", so here are a few:

Aptana Studio
Zend Studio
Eclipse PDT Project

Delphi for PHP

mottwsc

I looked into several of these. There's also UEStudio, an IDE that builds on UltraEdit. It appears, though, that you can only do C/C++ interactive debugging with it - not PHP. Does anyone know if this is correct?

I also am looking into NuSphere PHPEd, an IDE with an interactive PHP debugger. Does anyone have any experience/thoughts on this product?

Thanks.