which editor for web database newbie?

Hi,

I'm just starting out in the world of web databases for my uni
project. I've used programming language editors before for VB (and C,
I think) that allow you to step through your code line by line and
monitor variables as the code executes. Is there a development
environment for PHP that allows you to do this?

Cheers

Dean

In article <d088460c.0308200606.639ba056@posting.google.com>, Dean
<deanhw80@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm just starting out in the world of web databases for my uni
> project. I've used programming language editors before for VB (and C,
> I think) that allow you to step through your code line by line and
> monitor variables as the code executes. Is there a development
> environment for PHP that allows you to do this?
>
> Cheers
>
> Dean


I don't use one, but just some advice.......
print statements work great for debugging.

deanhw80@hotmail.com (Dean) wrote in message
news:<d088460c.0308200606.639ba056@posting.google. com>...
>
> I'm just starting out in the world of web databases for my uni
> project. I've used programming language editors before for VB (and C,
> I think) that allow you to step through your code line by line and
> monitor variables as the code executes. Is there a development
> environment for PHP that allows you to do this?

Here are a few... Prices are a couple of months old though...

PHPEdit: http://www.phpedit.com/
Free. Windows only.

ActiveState Komodo: http://www.activestate.com/Products/Komodo/
$29.95 (Personal Edition); 21-day trial license available.
Windows and Linux.

Zend Studio: http://www.zend.com/store/products/zend-studio.php
$195; free Personal Edition available (runs fully finctional
for 21 days, then turns off advanced features).
Windows, Linux, MacOS X.

NuSphere PHPEd: http://www.nusphere.com/products/
$299; trial version available.
Windows and Linux.

Cheers,
NC

Not sure if this is a DB question or a PHP question. Zend studio is
excellent, but not cheap. I use BBEDIT (OSX) because it is more general
purpose. For DB, if you are using MySQL, take a look at PHPMyadmin..

www.phpmyadmin.net



deanhw80@hotmail.com (Dean) wrote in news:d088460c.0308200606.639ba056
@posting.google.com:

> Hi,
>
> I'm just starting out in the world of web databases for my uni
> project. I've used programming language editors before for VB (and C,
> I think) that allow you to step through your code line by line and
> monitor variables as the code executes. Is there a development
> environment for PHP that allows you to do this?
>
> Cheers
>
> Dean