Which PHP IDE Do You Use?

[LostInThought]

IDE = Integrated Development Environment.

Which one is your favorite?

I am looking for a PHP IDE which has the following functionality:


Intellisense/code assist for (x)html, css, javascript, and PHP ofcourse,
Ability to emulate an apache server to run serverside php files even if they are saved on your desktop, simply by clicking the play button,
Integration with MySQL.


Does such a thing exist in the PHP world? I am used to the ASP.NET world as these features are standard in the free IDE Visual Web Developer 2008 Express.

Only difference is, instead of having Intellisense/code assist for php, they have it for the .NET languages i.e. C#, VB.NET, J# and so on, and instead of being integrated with MySQL, it can integrate with SQL Server.

Any suggestions?

[Pointer]

Try NVU (http://nvu.com/). I use ASP .NET with VWD Express to create server-side stuff, I have recently installed Linux to use Free & Open Source software, But I got shocked when I did not find a good IDE supports basic features (like a RUN button!) to make me able to develop with LAMP. I was shocked too when I did not find a good Database Manager like SQL Server Management Studio Express for MySQL !!

[Pointer]

Try Bluefish (http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/) too, and here is a list of PHP editors :http://www.php-editors.com/

[LostInThought]

Jazak'Allah!

The best one I've found so far is Aptana. It does everything I wanted except the "play" button. There is a play button but it can not process php code. It has a built in server, however it has only just started to support php so the built in server can not handle php yet.

The work around is, get free php hosting, and ftp to your host, link Aptana to your host via ftp and when you click play, let the external server handle the php which Aptana handles all your code assist/intellisense stuff like html, css, javascript and php.
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