Summary

This appendix has given you an idea of what's out there and what you might expect from an Integrated Development Environment with support for PHP. To this end, we discussed the Zend Studio Client as a PHP-specific platform, and Komodo as an open source environment with support for PHP5.

Discovering the advantages offered by using an IDE is a rewarding process, especially from the point of view that your productivity should increase from using one. Because purchasing a development tool like the aforementioned IDEs represents an investment, we recommend that you spend some time looking at the features of each one carefully before you choose.