PHP Designer 2005 - Questions

[stuart]

Hi All,

With the recent feature of PHP Designer 2005, Michael Pham has agreed to answer your questions. So if you want to know more about his software, now is your chance.

On behalf of PHP Editors and the site users, I would like to thank Michael for his time.

Please read the feature along with the interview before posting.

Read the feature here



Ask away!!!

stuart

[galbus]

Hello,

I have just downloaded and customised PHP Designer 2005. It's a really nice program - I'm already committed to keep on using it and I've only downloaded it 30mins ago. & I especially like the price

I do have a question/request about it though...

It seems to me that you can only live preview in Internet Explorer. I (like many others) develop and test in Firefox first and then get my pages to look right in IE afterwards as doing things that way round saves me a lot of time and effort. We all know how lax IE is is with W3C standards. :angry:

Is it/will it be possible to choose the external browser that PHP Designer 2005 previews with?

[mpsoftware]

Hi galbus, the current version of php designer 2005 only supports IE but as you might know I am working on the next version of php designer 2006 where I am working on adding support for firefox...

Michael Pham, www.mpsoftware.dk

[tangente]

Hello dear Michael Pham,

i'm from Germany, so sorry for my bad english :-)

I have a simple question. I've surfed to php-editors and saw your PHP Designer 2005. Really really nice program.
so my question is....


if a make a class (in the file "test.php") like....

class test{

  function bla(){
  //no content
  }

  function blaTwo(){
  //also no content
  }
}

and i make a new php-file.......

<?php

include('test.php');
testVar = new test();
testVar-> *
?>

[*] so i expect that PHP Designer will give me the function-list of the class, so i can overview which functions are in this class.......is it possible? Or is it not supported at the moment?
thank you very much for support!

greetings,
marco

[usedtire]

I've started using PHP Designer since some people here recommended it so highly. I notice you have Perl syntax highlighting. Any chance you could add Python?

Any plans on porting to Linux?

[Meetal]

Why can i use UFT-8 file format?

In notepad, file -> save -> and in Menu => UFT-8
In phpDesigned?

[mpsoftware]

Originally Posted by tangente

Hello dear Michael Pham,

i'm from Germany, so sorry for my bad english :-)

I have a simple question. I've surfed to php-editors and saw your PHP Designer 2005. Really really nice program.
so my question is....


if a make a class (in the file "test.php") like....

class test{

  function bla(){
  //no content
  }

  function blaTwo(){
  //also no content
  }
}

and i make a new php-file.......

<?php

include('test.php');
testVar = new test();
testVar-> *
?>

[*] so i expect that PHP Designer will give me the function-list of the class, so i can overview which functions are in this class.......is it possible? Or is it not supported at the moment?
thank you very much for support!

greetings,
marco

Hi Marco

This feature will be supported with the next update!

Michael

[mpsoftware]

Yes, I see no problem with adding support for Python in the next version.

Michael

[thiagoaos]

Originally Posted by mpsoftware

Hi Marco

This feature will be supported with the next update!

Michael

I am using PHP Design 2006 4.0.6 BETA and i didn't see this feature .
What is the next update that you spoke?

How i can move the windows? separate Code Libraries of Tool Panes, put one window in left size , another in right size ... like this image http://www.php-editors.com/getimage.php?id=98 ?

Suggestion
The projects tool panel, could merge (directories and Files) like hierarchy.

Project Name
view
index.html
errorPage.html
add.html
model
class_contato.php
controller
agenda.php
...

Another Sugestion
Shortcut to full screen the main (coder) window fast.
like:
i am programming, then i want to see the all code, then i press ctrl+F or F11, or someone and the window maximize, to back a normal form, press same Shortcut. When maximize, only show the code and tabs to rapid access to other open files.


did you understand? sorry, but my english is very bad.

[yomi]

i have tried a couple of editors/ide dreamweaver,komodo,zend and some opensource softwares. they all support php 4 by default, but none of them were able to execute php 5 files.

in case i sounded a little confusing, this is what i mean, i am a new php programmer and i prefer php 5 to php 4 because of the flexibility of php 5 and the new features it has that makes it easier for a c++ progrmmer like myself to make a transition to php.

i am having problems using other editors, DOES PHP DESIGNER SUPPORT PHP5? without having to download new plugins, configuring or changing settings?

python and c++ editors/compilers are very easy use and are mostly free, i can't say the same thing about php. being the only programming language dedicated to server-side applications, i think it is still my web programming language of choice but i am loving python because there are easy to use editors out there for perfecting my python programming skills.