For those who until now have not been using an integrated development environment to write PHP, I hope that this chapter was a good introduction to the benefits you can reap by investing the time to learn such a tool. All the little conveniences, such as code completion, syntax checking, debugging, add up to real time savings and quality improvements. As a result, you will be able to develop better code faster.
For those who have been using an IDE already, perhaps you came across a couple of tips and tricks that you didn't know were possible. It really pays to invest the time to properly learn the tools with which you write the code that pays your bills.
We also got to take a closer look at the great effort that both the Eclipse Foundation and the PHP Development Tools (PDT) team have produced. Even if you decide that Eclipse with PDT is not the right tool for your every day needs, Eclipse is a great tool to be familiar with because it continues to evolve, improve, and find its way...