web-based PHP IDE

[mindstorm8191]

I was reading the discussion on the favorite languages of different people, and the talk about PHP IDE's got me thinking about using a PHP IDE. The trouble is, I only develop directly on my site (which I imagine many others here do too), and there doesn't seem to be any decent web-based PHP IDE's out there.

 

Would anyone here be interested in banning together and creating our own? I don't know that much about doing it all, but I'm sure it would be a useful project. I figure we could have a set of files for people to download & upload to their server, and then just log-in to their IDE via a webpage and edit any PHP files from there. The editor itself could probably be done in javascript / CSS (which I don't know a great deal about, personally).

 

Would it be a project worth undertaking?

[Ashoat]

How complex does your IDE need to be? There is a syntax-highlighted pseudo-IDE in the cPanel File Manager.

 

A PHP IDE isn't all that complex, considering that compilation is done at runtime. Usually there is also an FTP connection feature, but if the IDE is local then that would be unnecessary.

[mindstorm8191]

Hey, thanks I didn't notice this before. Unfortunately after trying the editor a second time, it locked up my browser and had to shut it down. Overall it looks nice, but there's apparently something wrong with it. Is the source for this open? I might attempt to fix the problem I'm having. If not I can surely look into building a new one.

[Ashoat]

I don't think that the source is open. What browser are you using?

[mindstorm8191]

I'm using IE 7.0, running Windows XP... I seem to have had a lot of browser issues with sites lately. I don't understand why so many sites refuse to work with the most recent version. But I dunno...

 

The page starts to load fine and everything, but it will only get to displaying the contents on a standard edit box, and the whole browser hangs.

 

Btw, does anyone know how complicated it is for a javascript app to set text colors in an editor box? I'm fairly unused to using javascript, so I'd like to learn what I need, if I undertake this sort of project.

[Ashoat]

The File Manager is actually designed to work specifically with IE 7. It is incompatible with IE 6.

[mindstorm8191]

The File Manager is actually designed to work specifically with IE 7. It is incompatible with IE 6.

 

I see. But unfortunately it doesn't seem to work. At least not the second time loading it.

 

Perhaps we could be something simpler. I would be interested in knowing how to go about setting colors in an edit box, via java, whenever certain keys are pressed. Guess I haven't had time to research it lately.