PHP Editor Tools

PHP Editor is obviously by far the most important and the most visible of all PHP Tools. Speed and high configurability of PhpED are always among the top reasons why our users by PHP IDE from NuSphere. You can learn what is special about NuSphere's PHP Editor Tools by reading our PhpED Difference page. Major PHP Editor Features like Dynamic Syntax Highlighting , Multiple Language Syntax Highlighting , Code Folding , Search and replace multiple lines in scope, Drag-n-drop operations, Smarty Highlighter, True Unicode editing, Code templates, Fully customizable shortcuts, advanced editor features such as brace matching, context-sensitive auto-indent, smart-home and of course the most powerful Code Insight  speed up your work significantly.

PHP Code Completion

PHP Code Completion and Autocorrection set PHPEd apart from any PHP IDE and PHP Editor. This set of features, also known as Code Insight dynamically provides the available properties and methods for a given variable or class, list of previously used PHP variables and automatically finishes partially typed keywords. Code completion works for HTML and CSS as well. It shows properties for tags, classes and attributes. In addition to completing the function calls, variables and other PHP objects, PhpED PHP code completion also works for nested PHP Classes and method calls and also uses Type Hints to provide hints for dynamically assigned variables.

PHP Code Folding

PhpED Code folding is another great productivity booster added to the array of NuSphere PHP Tools. With Code Folding you can selectively hide and display sections of a currently-edited file. PHP IDE displays the collapsible regions of the code with folding marks. You can manage large regions of potentially complicated text within one window, while still viewing only those subsections of the text specifically relevant to the editing session.

PHP WYSIWYG

PHP WYSIWYG (What You See is What You Get) tools in NuSphere PhpED provide an intuitive and productive environment for building PHP applications. Visual rendering of a Web Page in a browser is straightforward when using static HTML, however the rendering of PHP code presents unique challenges for designers of PHP application.

PHP Editor Search

PHP Editor provides the means to easily find and replace lines of PHP Code. In addition to PHP Code Explorer and PHP Code Navigator, PhpED provides PHP Editor with powerful Search and Replace features. Search and Replace features in PhpED's editor support searching and replacing of multiple or single lines, use of regular expression, ability to search in one or multiple files and much more.

Commenting/Uncommenting blocks of code

The editor allows commenting and uncommenting blocks of code both in Php and HTML with just few clicks. If no current block is selected, the editor comments the current line. Using the same shortcut on the commented block uncomments it.

Pre-defined shortcuts for most common html tags

Save time typing numerous <td>s, <div>s and <span>s - it's all automated.

PHP Smarty

How to program with PHP Smarty using PhpED? PHP Smarty engine is an implementation of PHP Templates. PHP Template is a great way of separation of business logic and presentation layers. Since PHP Smarty templates became very popular with PHP Programmers, PHP IDE should be expected to support syntax color highlighting for PHP Smarty templates and nothings does it better than PhpED.

PHP File

The PHP way of including a file is not always straightforward and requires clear understanding of include_path directive. Finding files included in PHP File and understanding of the mappings between fie paths in include() and corresponding absolute file path on the disk are much easier with PhpED's Open File at Cursor feature and PhpED's Project Properties Includes tab.

Learn more about other PHP Tools provided by NuSphere here.