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  • 11-09-2019 10:53pm
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    L.Jenkins
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,240 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Can't remember if I've asked before, but can anyone suggest a good IDE for PHP and Laravel? Don't want to edit files via notepad++ and run them from the command line just yet. I want to get a more visual handle with PHP and Laravel first before I'm confident enough to run from the cli.


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    Peck3277
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    I haven't used it for any laravel projects yet but I've been using PHPStorm at work for the past few months and I'm really liking it.


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    L.Jenkins
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    Isn't PHPStorm a monthly subscription IDE?


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    Peck3277
    Registered Users Posts: 156 ✭✭Peck3277


    L.Jenkins wrote: »
    Isn't PHPStorm a monthly subscription IDE?

    I think it's an annual subscription? Work pays for it so I'm not sure. I used to use eclipse but I don't see myself going back after changing.


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    L.Jenkins
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    I had a look and it's 199 euro per year.


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    Peck3277
    Registered Users Posts: 156 ✭✭Peck3277


    L.Jenkins wrote: »
    I had a look and it's 199 euro per year.

    Ouch, didn't realise it was that expensive. My other recommendation would be eclipse. It's pretty good and has a lot of extensions


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    L.Jenkins
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    I'm using eclipse for pretty much everything else it can be used for, so I'm trying it with PHP. I'm also getting Netbeans to give it a go.


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    zig
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    I use PHPStorm and love it, it definitely makes life easier.


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    Goodshape
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    VSCode is pretty great out of the box and plenty of PHP and Laravel plugins.


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    L.Jenkins
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    Only got around to it this evening, but I get Laravel running with Netbeans. I'll stick with that for a while to see how things go. Thanks for all the suggestions.


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    boreder
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    Goodshape wrote: »
    VSCode is pretty great out of the box and plenty of PHP and Laravel plugins.

    + 1 for VSCode


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    Buford T Justice
    Registered Users Posts: 6,250 ✭✭✭Buford T Justice


    Netbeans sucks tbh. VS Code is free and is probably one of the best free ide's available - you can extend it to do pretty much whatever you want. Its not often I give microsoft credit, but where its due.....


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    L.Jenkins
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,240 Mod ✭✭✭✭L.Jenkins


    Going to give VSCode a try. Not intent on paying for phpstorm, as good as it might be.


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    Goodshape
    Registered Users Posts: 8,488 ✭✭✭Goodshape


    L.Jenkins wrote: »
    Going to give VSCode a try. Not intent on paying for phpstorm, as good as it might be.

    My work pays for my PHPStorm licence and I still switched to VSCode.

    Less bloated, even after you add any plugins you need, and just much nicer (imo) to work with.


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    L.Jenkins
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    Seems to be the case from what I've seen so far.


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    antimatterx
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    I was a Laravel dev in my previous job and we initially used atom, then moved to vs code with plugins. VS Code is the best, it's lightweight, yet extremely performant.


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