Learning PHP
As I learn stuff about Php I will add articles to this page.
- Tricky Array Stuff - It's not tricky but it worked for me.
One of the things I'm really looking for a is a nice php editor. Ubuntu seems to have a nice one with PHPEdit, but on the Mac it no exist. So I found this pretty nice looking IDE that does what a lot of what I like called Eclipse. It's really a Java app and a Java IDE but it has plugins and people have written a nice one for php programming. Best of all it's free.
BBEdit looked promising as did TextMate - but BBEdit keeps quiting unexpectedly and asking me to reenter the key. Not cool. TextMate also erased it's key. Before I shell out $45 or $125 for an editor, I'll give the free one a shot.
It was a little tricky because I had to install Java on my Ubuntu box but right now I have an IDE that behaves the same on the Mac and my Unix box which is very nice.
Key links: Eclipse Base IDE
Okay, to get the most bang for the buck using PERL… I need to install a CPAN module called Padwalker.
Some simple instructions appear here: http://www.cgi-interactive-uk.com/cpan_installing_perl_modules.html
This is what hosed me on TWiki, was playing with CPAN modules. But I'm going to try it. Okay it took me until 1:51AM to get it sorted out, but I installed my FIRST CPAN module - PadWalker and now I've got Eclipse able to visually debug Perl scripts which is extremely cool.
I had to install the xtools from Apple to get Make and a compiler but I got it. And now I can go to sleep.
