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Originally Posted by Babaganoosh
I have been a Perl programmer for over 10 years now and have been doing C++ for about 3. I have done a little PHP but really felt it was only suitable for dynamic content due to its lack of OO functionality (and several other annoyances). Now that PHP 5 is out, it's clear to me that it has finally matured and is worth developing web applications in.
I always use an IDE to code in. I downloaded Zend Studio and have been considering investing in the Zend small business program but their sales people are irritating beyond belief. Their encoder kicks ass and I planned to use it until I dealt with their sales person(s). I have looked at Ion Cube and was impressed as well. Do many people use Ion Cube?
Does anyone have any recommendations on an IDE and encoder? I'd rather not give Zend my money but I will if there aren't any other good options.
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I don't know whom you've dealt with but you should contact David from Zend, you can msg me for his icq... He'll hook you up...
I'm using their Small Biz Pack for more than two years and also using Zend Platform for last 5-6 months. (Actually I was one if the first 10 customers even before it's official launch)
I've tried many other encoding tools & IDEs and Zend's stuff is the best for me. Platform is also great for pinning out problems and their support staff is great, they've even coded a custom add-on/fix for me. (For Platform when it was named as Canaveral)
