PhpED 7.0 is a major point release for NuSphere. It delivers on 3 major goals:
Provide PhpED user community with kick -ass PHP Refactoring functionality in IDE
Maintain our user's technological advantage by fully supporting PHP 5.4 in our PHP Editor
As always, make working with our PHP IDE fun by giving it faster search, new look and feel and Find Usage features
New in PhpED 7.0
PHP Refactoring in PHP IDE Code Refactoring is an integral part of Agile development. With PhpED 7.0 you can refactor your code and "pay technical debt" in a matter of seconds. With new Refactor tool bar you can:
Extract any selected block of code into a method or function
Rename and identifier - variable, function, class or method and the system will update all usages of that identifier in the project
Display Side by side differences of the code before and after refactoring operation
See all occurrences of the identifier you want to rename or the code to extract to a function or method
Find Usage functionality
PhpED is used on the projects comprised of hundreds of PHP files. Changing a function or a class methods in these project is not an easy task. With Find Usage menu you can see all usages of selected function, method or class in your Project right in the PHP IDE window. Combine this with phpUnit in PhpED and you can tame any Project
Side by Side Diff viewer
Taking even further our support for remote development PHP IDE now has a difference viewer. Use it to see side by side difference between files copies in the editor and on local or even remote disks. Side by side difference is also available for before and after views in php refactoring
Support for php 5.4
If you want to be on cutting edge of PHP and working with 5.4 version PhpED 7.0 is the PHP IDE for you because it comes with
Syntax highliter
Error analysis
Code explorer and Code Navigator
And all other PHP IDE and Editor features supporting PHP 5.4
Faster and improved Search
PhpED now supports non-modal file search - you can continue working in the IDE while the search running in background
Cyclic search starts on the top again once the search is complete
Quick search is now available with Ctrl-E shortcut
New Look and Feel of PHP IDE
PhpED 7.0 comes with new, the most modern and user friendly look and feel.
modern color scheme in the editor
not one but even TWO versions of classic design
modern docking of the IDE windows with highly intuitive User Interface making it easy to build your own layout of the Editor, including big monitors or multi-monitor systems
fast switch of the layout at the beginning of the debug session
Remember that you can always choose the way your IDE looks in PhpED using Tools->Look and Feel menu
"To be honest its bloody awesome, I have looked at loads of PHP editors and this is THE only one that actual works straight out of the box!!! Brilliant, well done."
Andrew Breward, Director of Technology caboodal.com