Common php local development setup
I will share my php development setup here.
i have a windows machine. so i have WAMP(window, apache, mysql, php) set up, as opposed to WIMP(window, iis, mysql, php).
I use phpmyadmin to access database most of the time.
My IDE is eclipse php. Very nice IDE. I tried several other IDEs that were built on top of eclipse, but they didn’t suit my needs. so I went back to eclipse eventually.
Although i check my work on all major browsers, i use firefox as my main development browser. The main reason i use firefox is because of firebug. I just can’t live without it. It’s the best thing since sliced bread.
Filezilla is my ftp client. Dual monitors, one of them is for IDE. The other one is the above mentioned browser and photoshop. Needless to say, i use photoshop to cut up my designs.
For communication, we have MSN and email. that’s about it. Very simple but works well together.



I use free PHP IDE Codelobster PHP Edition with special CakePHP plug-in.