Paul Krill
Editor at Large

PHP development moves to the enterprise

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Sep 8, 20031 min

Zend Technologies on Monday is announcing Zend Studio 3.0, an integrated development environment for Web developers building enterprise applications in the open source PHP scripting language as well as in JavaScript and HTML.

PHP has been gaining momentum in the enterprise, according to officials at Zend, in Ramat Gan, Israel. The new version of Zend “brings enterprise development [tools] to the PHP community,” said Zev Zerasky, CTO at Zend and co-inventor of PHP.

Version 3.0 features support for PHP 5, faster performance, an expert-level debugger and project management tools for developing Web applications and deploying and maintaining PHP applications, Zend said. Remote debugging in Zend Studio enables testing of code changes prior to deployment.

The upcoming PHP 5 release offers advanced editing, debugging and analysis of PHP applications, according to Zend.

Shipping now, Zend Studio 3.0 enables developers to simplify develop and maintenance of applications. Pricing starts at $195.

Paul Krill

Paul Krill is editor at large at InfoWorld. Paul has been covering computer technology as a news and feature reporter for more than 35 years, including 30 years at InfoWorld. He has specialized in coverage of software development tools and technologies since the 1990s, and he continues to lead InfoWorld’s news coverage of software development platforms including Java and .NET and programming languages including JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, and Go. Long trusted as a reporter who prioritizes accuracy, integrity, and the best interests of readers, Paul is sought out by technology companies and industry organizations who want to reach InfoWorld’s audience of software developers and other information technology professionals. Paul has won a “Best Technology News Coverage” award from IDG.

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