Go through the following steps to download the NetBeans IDE:
1. Visit http://netbeans.org/downloads/ in order to download the latest NetBeans release. The download page will automatically detect your computer's operating system, and will let you download the operating, system-specific installer.
Note that you can add or remove packs or plugins later, using the IDE's plugin manager. Also, you can select "OS-independent ZIP" if you want to avoid installation. Again, NetBeans is a must-have IDE for those programmers who work with multiple programming language platforms. Currently, NetBeans IDE supports various development platforms—J2SE, J2EE, J2ME, PHP, C/C++, and so on.
Next, we are going to download the PHP bundle, as shown in the screenshot above..
2. After clicking on the Download button, the page will be redirected to an auto download, along with a direct download link, as shown in the following screenshot:
As you can see, your download starts automatically; Firefox users should see a window to save the file, which will appear as follows:
3. Save the file onto your disk space.
We just downloaded the installation file for the NetBeans PHP bundle. The PHP bundle provides tools for PHP 5.x development, and Zend and Symfony framework support. If you click on the All download option, you'll have the installation file for all mentioned technologies and during installation you will be able to choose exactly what tools and runtimes to install. So, now we are ready launch the installation wizard.