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The modern PHP developers have established custom PHP web applications by using full stack PHP frameworks like Laravel, CodeIgniter, CakePHP, Zend, Yii and Slim to take more advantage of these frameworks. Numerous PHP development tools are available in market. Here is list of top Open Source PHP Development Tools that will work like a magic wand for PHP Developers.

Top PHP Development Tool List 

1. Eclipse
2. NetBeans
3. PHPStorm
4. Aptana Studio
5. PHPDesigner
6. Zend Studio
7. NuSphere
8. Komodo
9. Aptana Studio
10. Codelobster

1. Eclipse

PHP Developers can easily use Eclipse in integrated development environment (IDE) for PHP. It is a cross-platform tool that supports almost all OS (Operating Systems) as like a Microsoft Windows, Linux and Apple’s Ma cOS. The main reason behind of popularity of Eclipse is its flexibility.

Eclipse Features:

• Syntax highlighting
• Content assist
• Code formatter
• Refactoring

2. NetBeans

NetBeans is most widely used IDE by developers all around the globe and it is one of the best IDE for PHP web development. This tool supports programming languages like PHP, C/C++, and HTML5. It is a frer tool.

NetBeans Features

• Write bug free code
• Support for multiple languages
• Cross platform support
• Rich set of community provided plugin

3. PHPStrom

PHPStorm was introduced in the year 2009 and in the last 8 years, PHPStrom has become a popular choice among PHP developers around the world. With the help of this tool PHP developers can accelerate their customized web application development work by using its unique feature like Command line, version control system and Composer.

• Live-Editing for all Front-End Technologies.
• Creating class from test
• Codeception: code coverage
• Assertions support

Here you can read details about PHP Development Tools

These PHP tools allow developers to build highly complex and feature-rich PHP applications Development with minimal coding efforts.