I seem to be a little confused here? Did someone recommend Komodo as a great IDE for PHP? I am not sure what kind of php developement people who recommend Komodo are doing on a daily basis, but if your developing large OO based web applications such as a CRM, ERP, etc, Komodo, and any other IDE that I have tested does not even come close to Zend Studio.

By far the most useful feature is code completion and the intellisense features that Zend has down pat. If I create a new class with 20 or so methods, it is ridiculous that I would have to remember the name of each method just to call it. much the same can be said about code completion from functions with PHP’s own library.

If i have my own library of 50 or so classes then code completion and intellisense (the ability for the IDE to know what methods, etc are in classes I create, etc) is absolutely essential. Komodo and every other IDE I have tested (in an attempt to get replace Zend) DO NOT have this essential functionality.

If your just hacking away at a few small scripts then maybe this is not so important, I for one cannot live without it! If Zend only had similar code completion for javascript and CSS it would in a league of its own no questions asked. Another problem is that Zend is made in Java which causes obvious performance problems when compared with IDE’s devloped in .net, its obviosuly coded in Java for compatibility across all platforms (mainly linux and windows).

I was not impressed with Komnodo, ive tried it at least 3 times now and always end up uninstalling it within a few hours.

After my internship was over, I was back to square one and had to work with GPL (General Public License aka FREE) softwares. I found none of them very satisfying, so I got the Zend free trial. Been working with for 17 days and it will expire in 13 days.

My main concern about Zend was the cost. I am just an entry-level php programmer and do not want to go burning up my money by buying a 1 year license for Zend. After my trial is over, I am considering Komodo Pro trial version with an intent to buy there cheap licenses.

Thanks again for the great help

That being said, I like that Komodo gives you more flexibility, and the Intel Mac problem with ZS has been a real annoyance. I’m actually running Parallels WinXP to get around it…. *weeps quietly*

When perusing php-planet today (or is it planet-php and why can’t I ever remember?)  I ran across an interesting article about changing from zend studio to komodo.
The amusing thing for me is I’ve been using komodo since 3.0 came out - in …

Overall, Komodo Pro’s class/function insight is comparable to Zend Studio’s. (Assuming that what you mean by “insight” is prompting you on needle/haystack, haystack/needle reminders while you’re typing, function and variable completion options, etc.)

The differences were a little jarring at first, as I’d gotten pretty used to Zend Studio’s look and feel … but Komodo Pro is also an attractive application, and now that I’m a month into this formal switch, I can barely remember what I was missing from ZS during that first week.

Granted, load times for a project are tremendous, especially if there are many different classes - but once you start coding, the time gained is tremendous. I remember reviewing Komodo at the time, as it was one of the big players in PHP IDEs but I was very disappointed in how badly it compared on the class an function insight level.

Do you know if that has gotten any better in the new Komodo version? If it has, I’ll definitely check it out again, as I would love to dump that big Zend Studio brute…!

Let’s see how Komodo works on my linux system.

I never heard of it, but it looks really great! So many features and so cheap Student version with almost all features in it? I’m using Zend Studio too, but I should give it a try!

Thanks for tip!