OK, I already had included Yii framework in the include path, but it does not work for me. Anyway. 
OK, I already had included Yii framework in the include path, but it does not work for me. Anyway.
I recently tried the new Zend Studio (Eclipse) and I am very satisfied.
I used to develop with Notepad++ before :# (I have tried a lot of EDI but I never found one clear and efficient).
The SVN tool in Zen Studio is also amazingly simple
PSPad
Nusphere PhpEd 5.8, not cheap but love the features.
Net Beans 6.5 with Kubuntu Jaunty KDE 4.2
but be aware that you may need to install the original Net Beans distributed package instead of the Kubuntu/Ubuntu package if you want the code completion working fine…
I did and it works like a charm!!
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the first time you add it to the include path you have to wait for netbeans to build the index.
bye,
Giovanni.
I’m using Editplus for years!
Quick and usefull.
Far manager buildin editor + colorer plugin 
Netbeans and Eclipse PDT are nice tools but it don’t support refactoring - it required for me more than code completion.
NetBeans even has a dedicated menu for Refactoring. Why didn’t it work for you?
Refactoring? Yes, menu is exists but all items are disabled for PHP, for Javascript only "Rename" option is available. Not too much to call it "Refactoring"… Netbeans 6.7.1 for win32.
Well, yes, I tried to figure out how to use it, but nothing worked. How can refactoring be automated anyway? I thought it was a manual rethinking and restructuring process.
Here I meant not refactoring as rethinking process but as set of tools which help to change code after rethinking.
In some cases automatic method extracting or smart renaming (in all files of project) help to save time for me.
A lot of operations from Fowler’s, Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code, can be automated. Java under Eclipse has had these for a long time now. A huge time saver when attacking God objects and procedural code in classes, and extracting methods.
My choice: Eclipse PDT and Notepad++
Here is the post I was talking about long ago: http://programmersnotes.info/2009/05/22/netbeans-65-for-php-my-experience/
Don’t waste your time with Netbeans. Stick with Eclipse PDT.
Tried Netbeans for few weeks and found it very slow (kept refreshing the workspace all the time even though I didn’t change anything), it has very poor debuging features (with XDEBUG at least) and a few annoying bugs (ALT+TAB on Windows is the most annoying bug! The menu kept activating and the supposed solution didn’t work for me). This is just to list a few…
Netbeans: 4
Eclipse: 9
I use Zend Studio and the code completion works as charm.
I have just referenced the Yii library in reference panel/PHP libraries and give it full access rights.
Sweet
I’m using code lobster (http://www.codelobster.com/), 3.5
mainly because I liked the code-igniter plugin and got used to it
they are working on a Yii plugin as I asked them recently.
good thing it’s free and you only pay extra for any specific framework
plugins, not too expensive about $25
Warning There are a few bugs but I think generally I have not had too many problems,
they do regular releases to iron problems and has got better over time,
quite handy just to use without any paid for plugins for free.
I thought I was alone! No one ever knows what PhpEd is. I use it on windows environment.
On linux I’m just using Geany.
I tried and try many IDE but the end result does not have the complete discretion.
First. PHPDESIGNER (NiceCode incomplete, Cant custom new line on array yii systax)
Zend Studio (Not support auto complete variables from CController, php Core lackof function always warning "Call to undefine function")
NETBEANS (Not support custom php code formatter)…
You see any IDE complete with Yii please write support with full options to support actions to improve Yii dev. Thanks