September 25th, 2004
Code Parameter Hints added to editor's existing features
In addition to standard code completion proposal and autocomplete features, IDE editor
now shows parameters of functions as hints during editing. This feature will activate automatically
when you type function name followed by '(' or manually if you press Ctrl+Shift+Space.
Editor will show code parameter hints for all built-in and other PHP functions properly defined
in file phpfu.dat (as now with more than 1200 functions, this file is currently being
updated and will be available for download in a few days),
as well as custom functions defined in active script and all files named in "include" and "require"
statements. If you do not need (or are not able) to include files in the script (eq. the file is
already included in upper level script), you can add commented include statement to tell the editor
where function definitions can be found. Example: // include "xyz.php"
Do not forget to add extra space between comment (//) mark and "include" keyword! This will
force the editor to search for function defintions in file "xyz" although it will not be actually
included in the script. Such fake inclusion will also help with dynamic file names, like include $path."/somefile.php"; // include "./somefile.php"
Thanks to added comment, the editor will know where to search for included file during edit
session and read eventual function definitions from it.
August 27th, 2004
Davor's PHP Constructor scored 4.5/5 in review in
php|architect August 2004 issue!
The Magazine for PHP Professionals "php|architect"
published a review of Davor's PHP Constructor written by Mr. Peter MacIntyre.
Despite critics based on the lack of (promised) debugger, final score for the IDE
is set to 4.5 (of 5).