Zend has a commercial IDE offering that builds on PDT. I don't necessarily want to drum up sales for Zend, but their IDE offers a lot of added features for the professional PHP developer. As I have mentioned at the beginning of this chapter, Eclipse isn't the only game in town. Other development environments offer feature sets that compete with both Eclipse/PDT and Zend Studio. However, having looked at Eclipse and PDT in detail, it is a natural progression to at least mention Zend Studio because it directly leverages and expands the PDT features we have discussed thus far.
You can download and purchase Zend Studio for Eclipse from zend.com. The download comes with a 30 day free trial after which you have to purchase a license to continue using the product. However, 30 days should be enough to evaluate the product and make a buying decision. At the time of this writing, a license for Zend Studio for Eclipse ranges from $399 to $717, depending on how many years of...