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PHP Application Development with NetBeans: Beginner's Guide

By : M A Hossain Tonu
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PHP Application Development with NetBeans: Beginner's Guide

By: M A Hossain Tonu

Overview of this book

<p>NetBeans has many features that greatly simplify PHP development, and with its several features and great flexibility, PHP developers can become overwhelmed by the IDE's options. This book provides step-by-step instructions that show you how to take control of the environment and make use of these features to make your PHP application development more efficient and productive than ever before.<br /><br />"PHP Application Development with NetBeans: Beginner's Guide" leads you through the crucial parts of PHP programming and shows you how to use the features of NetBeans that will improve your PHP development experience, through clear and easy instructions.<br /><br />The book gets you started with the development environment and tools, and takes you through working on practical projects with a clear focus. With each chapter being mission-critical, the book is a perfect companion to boost your PHP coding productivity and gain experience with even complex projects.<br /><br />The book starts with setting up the PHP development environment and introduces exciting and useful IDE features. You'll learn how to build real life PHP projects such as Facebook like Status Updater and even User Registration, Login &amp; Logout application. Also the book will introduce you with some must know development tools such as debugging &amp; testing tools, source documenter tools, and versioning tools.<br /><br />Working with the NetBeans IDE for PHP development has its own advantages, and this book reassures the purpose. This book is full of illustrations, screenshots, and clear instructions to take your PHP development to a new level and even shows you time-saving tricks and other productivity enhancements.</p>
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
PHP Application Development with NetBeans Beginner's Guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Exploring the editor for PHP


In this section, we will learn how to get the most out of the editor for PHP in NetBeans. The editor provides very handy code-authoring features, and we shall learn those important features by testing them in our editor. Once we are familiar with the following features, we will rule the editor. All you have to do is just practice the commands mentioned for the following features. Here we go:

  • Syntax highlighting: This editor enables the highlighting of syntax elements, such as PHP keywords, variables, constants, HTML tags, and input form attributes. In the editor, the current line is marked with a light blue background, and the line where any error occurred is displayed with a red underline, as shown in the following screenshot:

    Note

    Double-click to select a syntax element. Press Ctrl+F for syntax searching to highlight all the occurrences of the syntax element.

  • Go To Declaration: The Go To Declaration feature provides an instant jump to the line where a variable...