14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 can be used to develop PHP applications with the help of VS.Php, an integrated development environment for Visual Studio. PHP programming language is commonly used to make web based applications.
Many open source frameworks have been created based on PHP programming language. The new release of VS.Php (version 2.5) integrates Zend Framework into Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and 2005. For the users who do not have Microsoft Visual Studio, a standalone edition of VS.Php based on Microsoft Visual Studio IDE shell is also provided.
Zend Framework allows developers to build Web 2.0 applications and services. It provides AJAX support, object oriented PHP 5 classes and many other features that help programmers reduce the development time necessary to create complex web based applications.
By integrating Zend Framework into Microsoft Visual Studio, the user will have multiple benefits: PHP preview built in engine and IntelliSense support for Zend Framework classes as well as class auto-loaders, MVC (Model View Controller) project wizard for Zend Framework and more. The IntelliSense support for class auto-loaders feature allows VS.Php to find and show the files corresponding to the respective classes.
VS.Php as PHP IDE (Integrated Development Environment), through an extensive number of features, helps developers increase their productivity and improve the debugging and deploying of PHP applications. Version 2.5 of VS.Php also comes with a new range of project types: command line applications, projects corresponding to a certain version of PHP (5.2.8 and 4.4.8) and MVC projects based on Zend Framework.
VS.Php is compatible only with Windows, but the PHP applications made with it can be deployed on any other operating system like Linux or MacOS. On the jcxsoftware website you can find tutorials that underline the main features and functionalities of the VS.Php application. For users who want to test the new version, all VS.Php editions are available for download here.