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PHP Designer Changelog

What's new in PHP Designer 7.2.5

Sep 7, 2011
  • New. Run multiple instances (requires the portable edition and a new installation folder for each instance).
  • New. Now linking to jQuery 1.5.1
  • New. Now linking to YUI 3.3
  • New. Now linking to MooTools 1.3
  • New. Now linking to Prototype 1.7
  • New. German language file updated
  • New. French language file updated
  • New. Bulgarian language file added
  • New. Hebrew language file added
  • New. Turkish language file added
  • Fixed. Saving and loading the encoding state in the Preferences
  • Fixed. The Preferences UI has been adjusted for the German language file
  • Fixed. Adjusting cols and rows in Table dialog
  • Fixed. Adjusting rows in List dialog
  • Fixed. HTML Special Characters to Code now ignores " and '
  • Fixed. If file is modified by an external program and No is selected the file will be marked as modified
  • Fixed. Switched the line and char in the code completion so they now have the same format as in the statusbar and the code explorer
  • Fixed. The code completion loses focus. This is a problem caused by Teamviewer. When Teamviewer is running it puts a small button near windows options buttons, you need to click that button and cancel Teamviewer for phpDesigner.exe and phpDesigner 7 will work fine again. The same applies to Actual Windows Manager.
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in PHP Designer 7.2.4 (Dec 23, 2010)

  • New. Count total number of lines (menu Tools)
  • New. Count total number of words
  • New. Count total number of characters
  • New. Count selected number of words
  • New. Count selected number of characters
  • New. Added log svn for current file
  • New. Added – (–) to the Special characters to code
  • New. Added — (—) to the Special characters to code
  • New. Added “ (“) to the Special characters to code
  • New. Added ” (”) to the Special characters to code
  • New. Updated the French language file
  • New. Updated the Czech language file
  • Fixed. Paste Vietnamese text from clipboard
  • Fixed. Linking to Ext JS
  • Fixed. Missing controls in Windows 7 when pressing AltGr
  • Fixed. Selecting included files from the code explorer
  • Fixed. Loading files on up start with an active project
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in PHP Designer 7.2.3 (Nov 3, 2010)

  • New. Search and replace dialog is now combined in a tabbed interface
  • New. Themed tile tab now indicates modified files with a red caption
  • New. Rename Class selector to Classes in the Code Explorer
  • New. Rename ID classes to IDs in the Code Explorer
  • New. Hidden by default the todo, bug and search and replace toolpanels (menu View > Tool panels)
  • New. Hidden by default the PHP debugging tool panels (menu View > Tool panels)
  • New. Slovenian language file added
  • New. French language file updated
  • Fix. Meta dialog is now on top
  • Fix. Removed the image preview in the Image dialog (preview is done in the open file dialog)
  • Fix. Updating the search history in the search field on the toolbar when closing the search dialog
  • Fix. Changed the default shortcut for break lines to Shift+Enter

New in PHP Designer 7.2.2 (Sep 1, 2010)

  • New. Search has been divided into Find and Replace
  • New. Format toolbar is by default hidden
  • New. Upgraded to PHP 5.3.3
  • New. Upgraded to Xdebug 2.1.05
  • New. Enabled MySQL in PHP
  • New. Added support for aes-192 and aes-256 encryption algorithms (sftp)
  • New. Improved performance of data transferring (sftp)
  • New. Check max opened files (with last used files)
  • New. Upgraded link to jQuery 1.4.2 (latest, uncompressed and compressed)
  • New. Upgraded link to jQuery UI 1.8.4 (latest, uncompressed and compressed)
  • New. Added link to jQuery UI Effects Blind
  • New. Added link to jQuery UI Effects Bounce
  • New. Added link to jQuery UI Effects Clip
  • New. Added link to jQuery UI Effects
  • New. Added link to jQuery UI Effects Drop
  • New. Added link to jQuery UI Effects Explode
  • New. Added link to jQuery UI Effects Fade
  • New. Added link to jQuery UI Effects Fold
  • New. Added link to jQuery UI Effects Highlight
  • New. Added link to jQuery UI Effects Pulsate
  • New. Added link to jQuery UI Effects Scale
  • New. Added link to jQuery UI Effects Shake
  • New. Added link to jQuery UI Effects Slide
  • New. Added link to jQuery UI Effects Transfer
  • New. Added link to jQuery UI Accordio
  • New. Added link to jQuery UI Autocomplete
  • New. Added link to jQuery UI Button
  • New. Added link to jQuery UI Datepicker
  • New. Added link to jQuery UI Dialog
  • New. Added link to jQuery UI Draggable
  • New. Added link to jQuery UI Droppable
  • New. Added link to jQuery UI Mouse
  • New. Added link to jQuery UI Position
  • New. Added link to jQuery UI Progressbar
  • New. Added link to jQuery UI Resizable
  • New. Added link to jQuery UI Selectable
  • New. Added link to jQuery UI Slider
  • New. Added link to jQuery UI Sortable
  • New. Added link to jQuery UI Tabs
  • New. Added link to jQuery UI Widget
  • New. Upgraded link to Ext JS 3.1.0 (uncompressed and compressed)
  • New. Upgraded link to Yahoo! User Interface Library (YUI) 2.8.1 (uncompressed and compressed)
  • New. Upgraded link to Dojo 1.5 (uncompressed and compressed)
  • New. Upgraded link to MooTools 1.2.4 (uncompressed and compressed)
  • New. Upgraded link to Prototype 1.6.1
  • Fixed. Shorten the registration dialog (netbooks)
  • Fixed. Download URL for jQuery
  • Fixed. Removed the shortcut alt+ctrl+o (conflicted with Polish user)
  • Fixed. Shortcut for Duplicate Line
  • Fixed. Added missing attribute to XHTML rel="external"
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in PHP Designer 7.2.1 (May 7, 2010)

  • New. French language file updated
  • New. Turkish language file updated
  • New. Traditional Chinese language file updated
  • New. License agreement (updated)
  • Fix. Code completion (loading direct instances)
  • Fix. Go to declaration (loading direct instances)
  • Fix. Display syntax highlighting in the drop-down menu
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in PHP Designer 7.2 (Apr 15, 2010)

  • New. Upgraded to PHP 5.3.2
  • New. Option to disable highlighting the active line, default off (Preferences > Editor)
  • New. Show project panel
  • New. Always show the project panel when loading a project, default on
  • New. Support for resizing the Go to declaration dialog
  • New. Added default shortcut alt+ctrl+o for Go to files
  • New. Option to set the configuration file php.ini for PHP syntax check
  • New. The Layout manager now prompt and ask if phpDesigner 7 is closed before resetting
  • New. Czech language file updated
  • New. Polish language file updated
  • New. French language file updated
  • New. Chinese language file updated
  • New. Portuguese language file added
  • Fix. Date and time dialog
  • Fix. File tab visibility when cancelling the close all document command
  • Fix. Close all documents
  • Fix. Search overrides the bookmark indicators
  • Fix. Support for more than 1024 characters editor width (Preferences > Editor)
  • Fix. Removed built-in shortcut for column mode
  • Fix. Shorten the highlighter names on the editor toolbar
  • Fix. Disabled the url dialog when typing (for faster typing)
  • Fix. PHP syntax check now uses the same installation as debugging by default
  • Fix. If there is no warning or errors generated by the HTML Tidy the panel will not be showed
  • Fix. The HTML Tidy now works with Windows 7
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in PHP Designer 7.1 (Mar 31, 2010)

  • New. New created files are marked as modified (optional)
  • New. Insert images from the file browser as html/css tags
  • New. Insert images from the file system as html/css tags
  • New. Upgraded to PHP 5.3.1
  • New. Upgraded Xdebug to 2.0.5
  • New. Syntax check for PHP now checks for missing ;
  • New. Run now support PHP scripts (previously it only supported HTML)
  • New. Option to hide the Editor toolbar from the menu View
  • New. Option to hide the Debug button on the Editor toolbar from the menu View
  • New. Option to hide the Run button on the Editor toolbar from the menu View
  • New. Option to hide the Localhost button on the Editor toolbar from the menu View
  • New. Option to hide the Syntax highlighter button on the Editor toolbar from the menu View
  • New. File tab (select before close)
  • New. Code explorer for PHP now lists variables inside functions
  • New. Keep text when auto inserting brackets
  • New. The HTML tag has been replaced with
  • New. Upgraded connection to jQuery 1.4
  • New. Added support for connecting to jQuery UI 1.7.2
  • New. JavaScript functions from the code competition will now include ()
  • New. Added Go to Declaration to the Go to menu
  • New. Support for changing the shortcut for the Go to Declaration function
  • New. Macedonian language file added
  • New. Greek language file added
  • New. Lithuanian language file added
  • New. Croatian language file added
  • New. Italian language file updated
  • New. Simplified Chinese language file updated
  • New. Hungarian language file updated
  • New. Turkish language file updated
  • New. Spanish language file updated
  • New. French language file updated
  • New. Polish language file updated
  • Fix. Inserting JavaScript functions from the Code Completion will now also add ()
  • Fix. Run PHP scripts without Xdebug
  • Fix. Default extension in the Save dialog when saving CSS files
  • Fix. URL in the jQuery menu
  • Fix. Code completion for JavaScript is now case-sensitive
  • Fix. Disabled the automatic trigger for the code completion inside strings and comments
  • Fix. Normal has been replaced with Paragraph on the Format toolbar
  • Fix. Multi-select in Open project file when using arrows up/down
  • Fix. Application manager
  • Fix. Go to declaration
  • Fix. Removed the welcome screen
  • Fix. Improved the load order of last opened files on upstart
  • Fix. Better information/hint if the PHP/Xdebug won't start
  • Fix. Duplicated classes in $[variable] = new [Code Completion]
  • Fix. Removed the shortcut ctrl+alt+c for more colors as it conflicts with the Polish keyboard (new installation)
  • Fix. Removed the shortcut ctrl+alt+o for go to file as it conflicts with the Polish keyboard (new installation)
  • Fix. Displaying multiple FTP/SFTP sites
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in PHP Designer 7.0 (Oct 8, 2009)

  • New. JavaScript code completion
  • New. Support for JavaScript Object-oriented programming (OOP)
  • New. JavaScript code tip with extended information/documentation
  • New. Support for user-defined JavaScript functions
  • New. Support for user-defined JavaScript variables
  • New. Code Explorer for JavaScript
  • New. Jump to JavaScript declarations
  • New. Support for the JavaScript framework ExtJS
  • New. Support for the JavaScript framework jQuery
  • New. Support for the JavaScript framework Yahoo! UI Library (YUI)
  • New. Support for the JavaScript framework Dojo
  • New. Support for the JavaScript framework Prototype
  • New. Support for the JavaScript framework MooTools
  • New. Added JavaScript operators to the JavaScript menu
  • New. Added JavaScript Statements to the JavaScript menu
  • New. Added JavaScript single line comment to the JavaScript menu
  • New. Added JavaScript multi-line comment to the JavaScript menu
  • New. Added History() to the JavaScript menu
  • New. Code Explorer for CSS
  • New. Jump to CSS declarations
  • New. Code completion can now suggest the closing tag for HTML/XHTML
  • New. Code completion can now suggest the closing tag for XML
  • New. Inline JavaScript code completion in HTML/XHTML (in events like onclick="...")
  • New. Inline CSS code completion in HTML/XHTML (style="...")
  • New. Option to delay the PHP syntax check
  • New. Added support for SFTP
  • New. Support for SFTP using password
  • New. Support for SFTP using key
  • New. Option to customize the ftp/sftp name in the ftp/sftp manager
  • New. Added Bookmarks to the Go to menu
  • New. Support for Google Chrome (browser preview)
  • New. Support for Microsoft's Bing search engine (Live has been removed)
  • New. Upgraded to the latest version of HTML Tidy
  • New. Upgraded to the latest version of PHP (version 5.3) and configured with Xdebug
  • New. Optimized memory usage on big projects (declarations is now compressed e.g. from 40MB to 15MB for parsed data)
  • New. Force loading files as UTF-8 (Preferences > General)
  • New. By default the syntax for PHP is now delayed with 3seconds (previously 1 second)
  • New. Support for text output (embedded browser - before only support for formatted/html output)
  • New. Dialog to edit default templates
  • New. Code completion with supported parameters in the dialog for editing the default templates
  • New. Option to edit the default HTML/XHTML template
  • New. Option to edit the default CSS template
  • New. Option to edit the default XML template
  • New. Option to edit the default JavaScript template
  • New. Option to edit the default VBScript template
  • New. Option to edit the default SQL template
  • New. Option to edit the default Perl template
  • New. Option to edit the default Java template
  • New. Option to edit the default C# template
  • New. Option to edit the default Python template
  • New. Option to edit the default Ruby template
  • New. Option to edit the default Smarty template
  • New. Option to edit the default No syntax template
  • New. Save to FTP button added to the File toolbar
  • New. Copy to FTP button added to the File toolbar
  • New. By default the Keep text is now on (Preferences > Editor > Code completion)
  • New. Added Go to menu (Go to declarations etc.)
  • New. Select file from the menu File has now been renamed to Go to file and moved to the menu Go to
  • New. Project files has been renamed to Go to project file and moved to the menu Go to
  • New. Code tip now supports overloaded functions
  • New. Code completion now support catch(Exception $e) // $e-> will hold Exception class
  • New. Support for 'user initialized' functions (similar as variables)
  • New. Support for function parameters initialized by PhpDoc keyword @param
  • New. Code tip now supports multiple __construct
  • New. Support for class completion for variables in local scope from global namespace (global $a; $a->[CC])
  • New. Link to Facebook in the menu About
  • New. Link to Support in the menu About
  • New. Panels button added on the Window toolbar
  • New. Color selector
  • New. Added comment to the CSS style block (menu CSS)
  • New. Added CSS comment /* */
  • New. @Import CSS file
  • New. Added wizard for creating new sibling CSS Selector
  • New. Added wizard for creating new child CSS Selector
  • New. Added wizard for creating new pseudo CSS Selector
  • New. Link to support in the menu Help
  • New. Link to the Facebook Page for phpDesigner
  • New. Link to Tutorials and Resources
  • New. If you open a file without a file extension it will now use by default the intelligent syntax highlighter (preferences)
  • New. On drop files on editor area you can now set it to either open the file or insert it as a url (preferences)
  • New. Option to disable the JavaScript code completion and code tip (preferences)
  • New. Option to skip the Print Preview (preferences)
  • New. Option to insert the current file directory in the Search dialog
  • New. Added support for more special characters in the special characters dialog
  • New. Support for TortoiseSVN "Resolve"
  • New. Support for TortoiseSVN "Log"
  • New. Swedish language file added
  • New. Croatian language file updated
  • New. Spanish language file updated
  • Fixed. By default the find/replace dialog will automatic close after the search
  • Fixed. Find/replace in all opened documents (previously it marked all files as modified)
  • Fixed. Code beautifier for PHP (before it removes the space between the variable and the variable type)
  • Fixed. Scrolling with the mouse inside the embedded browser in phpDesigner
  • Fixed. Configuring the output directory for Xdebug profiler only if php.ini exists
  • Fixed. The PHP window is now only displayed if there are errors/warnings on Run
  • Fixed. Support for changing colors for special tags like
  • Fixed. Reload project renamed to Rescan Project
  • Fixed. Search bar inside the embedded browser has been removed use instead the default one in the web browser
  • Fixed. Better cleanup of unused tmp files when debugging and running files
  • Fixed. The Preview and Run button has been merged into just Run
  • Fixed. If file is not modified the tmp file on Run will be ~ + filename
  • Fixed. If file is modified the tmp file on Run will be ~~ + filename
  • Fixed. Jump to declaration improved for especially self::/parent::/$this->/$someObj->
  • Fixed. Application manager
  • Fixed. Better resolving object properties
  • Fixed. Better visibility in code tip for parent/self/$this/__construct/extends
  • Fixed. Better support in code completion and code tip for parent:__constructor()
  • Fixed. Class body completion for interface methods
  • Fixed. Fix constructor support for build-in objects
  • Fixed. Renamed code completion option "If no match found, select the first item" to "Auto-select first item"
  • Fixed. If file contains error the debugger (Xdebug) will now alert why it cannot start and jump to the error
  • Fixed. Better text/icons for Web search and searching in the PHP manual
  • Fixed. Export CSharp syntax highlighter (Preferences)
  • Fixed. Import CSharp syntax highlighter (Preferences)
  • Fixed. Export VBScript syntax highlighter (Preferences)
  • Fixed. Import VBScript syntax highlighter (Preferences)
  • Fixed. Export CSS syntax highlighter (Preferences)
  • Fixed. Import CSS syntax highlighter (Preferences)
  • Fixed. Clear all search marks in opened files
  • Fixed. Auto-closing html/xhtml tags is now by default on
  • Fixed. Default path for the syntax check for PHP
  • Fixed. Inserting a phpDoc from the toolbar
  • Fixed. phpDoc indention on pressing Enter
  • Fixed. Bookmark positions after performing a search/replace
  • Fixed. Strip HTML/XHTML tags
  • Fixed. Printing and dimming
  • Fixed. Setting the Xdebug profiler output path (support for Vista and Windows 7)
  • Fixed. Default bold has been replaced with
  • Fixed. Default italic has been replaced with
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in PHP Designer 6.2.5.2 (Mar 30, 2009)

  • New. Memory optimization for large projects
  • New. Support for HTML tag attribute "canonical" (introduced by Google for double content within one website)
  • New. Support for HTML tag attribute "nofollow" (introduced by Google to prevent PR in case of commercial links)
  • New. Count replaced all matches
  • Fixed. Empty lines in templates
  • Fixed. The embedded web browser when panel docking is set to auto-hide
  • Fixed. Find next/previous buttons in the search dialog
  • Fixed. Show hidden files in the ftp
  • Fixed. The search result window (if not visible) will now only appear on Find all
  • Fixed. Disabled the warning dialog when using Replace all in multiple documents
  • Fixed. Jump to declaration when the files are located on the FTP
  • Fixed. The location of the PHP manual
  • Fixed. Marks search result removed (no longer used)
  • Fixed. The embedded database browser (re-loading)
  • Fixed. The registration dialog (trial) now fits better netbooks
  • Fixed. The 5 open document restriction has been disabled in the trial
  • Fixed. Option to disable the auto-indention of brackets
  • Fixed. File encoding
  • Fixed. File encoding on duplicated files (now uses default settings)
  • Fixed. Clear bookmarks (added)
  • Fixed. Tabs and spaces in phpDoc comments
  • Fixed. Updated the French UI language file
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in PHP Designer 6.2.5.1 (Mar 16, 2009)

  • Fixed. Opening the PHP manual in external window
  • Fixed. Opening the open/save dialog under Vista
  • Fixed. The search result window will not be displayed when performing a single search but only on find/replace all
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in PHP Designer 6.2.5 (Mar 12, 2009)

  • New. Tag inspector for HTML/XHTML
  • New. Show hidden files on FTP
  • New. Bug dialog with parameter is now hidden, all errors are written to the file bugreport.txt in the dir with .exe
  • New. Support for new parameter $activeFileDir in the Application Manager
  • New. FTP log
  • New. Options to duplicate projects
  • New. New default layout for panels
  • New. Updated the UI language files for Norweigan, French and Brazilian Portuguese
  • Fixed. On Find all the search result
  • Fixed. Project and ftp disconnection in rare situations
  • Fixed. Error on closing documents in rare situations
  • Fixed. Creating new ftp connections in from the project manager is now supported
  • Fixed. http://forum.mpsoftware.dk/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=3400
  • Fixed. Completion for CSS (http://forum.mpsoftware.dk/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=3402)
  • Fixed. Update the code completion for HTML/XHTML
  • Fixed. The auto-date now works when trim on save is active
  • Fixed. Saving and loading last opened files (tab order)
  • Fixed. Task list for FTP now cannot be docked
  • Fixed. FTP now supports port higher than 10.000
  • Fixed. Copy values from debug panels
  • Fixed. Inserting the content from the tag dialog
  • Fixed. Open/save dialog, all formats now also includes .tpl.
  • Fixed. Loading dock panels
  • Fixed. Removed the layout toolbar
  • Fixed. The cursor position for snippets and templates
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in PHP Designer 6.2.4 (Feb 6, 2009)

  • New. Option to change the color (foreground/background) of the separators like etc.) [preferences>intelligent highlighting]
  • New. Support for mapped network drives when using jump to declaration
  • New. Jump to CSS with ctrl+click
  • New. Jump to included files with ctrl+click
  • New. Save/load project file session
  • New. Option to disable PHP code completion
  • New. Option to disable HTML/XHTML code completion
  • New. Option to disable CSS code completion
  • New. Option to disable Code Tip for PHP
  • New. Show a warning dialog when trying to save read-only files
  • New. Hide the warning if xdebug port (tcp/ip) is already in use (now only displayed in the log)
  • New. Added predefined "font-family" to the CSS menu
  • Fixed. Added missing xmlns attribute for the html element in xhtml mode
  • Fixed. !important in the CSS code completion
  • Fixed. PHP manual message box (windefault)
  • Fixed. Exception “Stream read error” on close now fixed (happens in some rare cases)
  • Fixed. Date and time
  • Fixed. If no UI language package found the language menu is disabled
  • Fixed. Double-clicking on the code completion
  • Fixed. Better performance when using Code Tip for PHP with many items like __construct() etc.
  • Fixed. Reverting files
  • Fixed. Icon for FTP Task List
  • Fixed. Updated French UI language file
  • Fixed. Updated Hungarian UI language file
  • Fixed. Run to cursor now shows an indication of a active debug session (blue panel)
  • Fixed. Better support for large projects < 50mb
  • Fixed. Better stability
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in PHP Designer 6.2.3 (Jan 7, 2009)

  • New. Support for split view in the project window
  • New. Support for split view in the ftp window
  • New. Added next/previous find button in the search dialog
  • New. Support for sending errors found in phpDesigner by email (run with /debug as parameter)
  • Fixed. Memory optimization when using projects (5-10x less memory usage)
  • Fixed. High permanent CPU usage when using/switching between projects (in some cases)
  • Fixed. Minimizing phpDesigner now possible (not possible in some rare cases)
  • Fixed. Full window size on restore/load (not possible in some rare cases)
  • Fixed. Saving/loading the position of phpDesigner on dual screen
  • Fixed. External browsers preview
  • Fixed. Loading files (empty content in really rare cases)
  • Fixed. Exception “Stream read error” on close now fixed (happens in some rare cases)
  • Fixed. Prompt dialog when creating a new file in the project window if the file already exists
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in PHP Designer 6.2.2 (Dec 19, 2008)

  • New. Automatic trigger for the code completion for HTML/XHTML
  • New. Automatic trigger for the code completion for CSS
  • New. Support for attributes in the code completion for HTML/XHTML
  • New. Option to turn auto complete HTML/XHTML tags on/off (default off)
  • New. Added "self" and "parent" keywords to the code completion
  • New. Parsing for CSS selectors: classes (.class_name) and id selector (#id_name) - will be used to completion for id="[code completion]" and class="[code completion]" in HTML/XHTML
  • New. .css files are now default added and parsed in new projects (fso it can be used in the code suggestion for HTML/XHTML)
  • New. Support for !important in code completion for CSS
  • New. Project file notify
  • New. Option to use the old behavior when switching between files (see menu Window)
  • New. Added import manager (automatic import settings from phpDesigner 2008 to phpDesigner 6.2.x)
  • Fixed. Project crash (fixed)
  • Fixed. Doubleclick on the filetab (arrrows)
  • Fixed. Trim trailing spaces off
  • Fixed. Prompt if file exists on save to FTP
  • Fixed. Prompt if file exists on move to FTP
  • Fixed. FTP sort (by type, attributes, permission, owner/group)
  • Fixed. Open external files from Windows file manager
  • Fixed. self::[code completion for PHP]
  • Fixed. Code completion for HTML/XHTML (

New in PHP Designer 6.1 Beta (May 9, 2008)

  • New. Added support for multi-language (see the menu View)
  • New. Added support Smarty highlighting
  • New. Added support for simple Smarty code suggestion (in smarty mode)
  • New. Added support to create Smarty files
  • New. By default the automatic detect changes made by other applications is on
  • New. By default all last opened files are now open on start up
  • New. By default XHTML 1.0 transitional is now the default in the intelligent highlighting
  • New. Option to change the shortcut for the auto-completion in the menu View � Customizer
  • New. The code library now loads faster op up start
  • New. More intuitive search feature in code library
  • New. Insert and automatic update timestamp on save (see the menu Tools)
  • New. Upgraded to the latest phpDocumentor 1.4.2 package
  • New. Select a comment block on dbl. click (by default off, see the Preferences � Editor)
  • New. Ability to escape single/double quotes, and put quotes around, when converting text to PHP
  • New. Option to remove comment with one click

New in PHP Designer 6.0.2 (Apr 15, 2008)

  • New. Improved the single line uncomment feature, no need to select a comment in order to uncomment it
  • New. Remove single line comment, no need to select a comment in order to remove it
  • New. Added find next/previous buttons to the search toolbar
  • New. Text file differencing and merging tool (TextDiff)
  • New. Support for changing the default text file differencing and merging tool
  • New. Support for hide the statusbar (view > gui)
  • New. The position of the search/replace dialog is now saved
  • New. Goto next/previous bookmark
  • New. Remove the dim highlighting as default in the intelligent highlighting
  • New. Added option to disable the PHP syntax colouring in HTML, CSS and JS
  • New. Added the SVN commands in the editor menu
  • New. Option to disable the automatic insert of * in phpDocumentor comments
  • New. Import/export syntax highlighters
  • New. Access the folder were syntax highlighters are located
  • New. Added an empty char in empty * inside phpDocumentor comments
  • New. Added new option to the code completion: Keep existing text
  • New. Added new option to the code completion: Add close brace when keeping existing text
  • New. Support for PHP magic methods in the code completion for PHP
  • New. New code completion for inside phpDocumentor comments with phpDocumentor tags
  • New. Support for open multiple files in select project files
  • New. Added a new extra silent mode for PHP syntax check
  • New. Added new tags for templates: [$project] and [$filename]
  • Fixed. Xdebug fatal error: Cannot focus a disabled or invisible window
  • Fixed. Better cleanup of temporarily files when using the HTML preview
  • Fixed. Insert of * in phpDocumentor comments now respect indention
  • Fixed. Save visible panels position on start up
  • Fixed. Code completion on PHP variables
  • Fixed. Added a label that says Xdebug do not work together with the Zend Optimizer
  • Fixed. Small re-arrange of the preferences dialog
  • Fixed. Removed the shortcuts for jump history
  • Fixed. Convert special chars to HTML (�)
  • Fixed. No beep when pressing esc in dialogs
  • Fixed. Tab/focus in the project/ftp manager
  • Minor fixes and enchantments

New in PHP Designer 6.0.1.2 (Mar 6, 2008)

  • New. Strip HTML tags
  • New. Keep the ftp connection alive with both the LIST and NOOP command
  • Fixed. Saving changes in Ruby syntax scheme
  • Fixed. Saving changes in Python syntax scheme
  • Fixed. Saving state for the automatic configuration for the profiler in php.ini
  • Fixed. Quotes around the output directory for the profiler in php.ini
  • Fixed. Automatic close single tags like
  • Fixed. Resizing columns in the context variables window
  • Fixed. Visibility of icons when changing toolbars

New in PHP Designer 6.0.1 Beta 4 (Jan 8, 2008)

  • New. Support for user arguments when debugging and running PHP files
  • New. Automatic inserting of * when pressing enter in phpDoc comments
  • New. Insert HTML comments
  • New. Automatic close HTML tags for example ->
  • New. Automatic close XML tags for example ->
  • New. Display the output of the PHP script after debugging with Xdebug
  • New. A button for debugging is added to the editor
  • New. Profile with parameters
  • New. Support for disable code tip with the key 'ctrl'
  • New. Save/load the layout of the File/Project browser
  • New. Upgraded to the latest version of the PHP Manual
  • New. The PHP installation is now configured to work out-of-the-box (thanks to Kieran P)
  • New. Formatting of the HTML formats elements (indention)
  • New. Detect if XAMPP is installed in C:
  • New. File encoding/format in the status bar

New in PHP Designer 5.5.2 (Sep 4, 2007)

  • New. Opened files in the Project Files dialog are now marked blue
  • New. Option to turn on/off the auto-closing tag feature
  • New. Button on the toolbar to select opened files
  • New. Added new option to the PHP code beautifier, �keep single line�
  • New. Added new option to the PHP code beautifier, �brace, pear standard�
  • New. Added support for phpDocumentor tags for initializing variables
  • Fixed. Entering �>� now works when no syntax is selected
  • Minor fixes and enhancements

New in PHP Designer 5.5.1 (Aug 22, 2007)

  • New. Jump to declaration with CTRL Click
  • New. List all files in project
  • New. List all opened files
  • New. Copy active file to FTP
  • Fixed. The code completion is now automatic triggered with PHP objects (->)
  • Fixed. The code completion now closes known tags automatic
  • Fixed. File Tab
  • Minor fixes and enhancements

New in PHP Designer 5.5 (Aug 17, 2007)

  • New. Support for adding frameworks and libraries in projects
  • New. Remote FTP editing
  • New. Change file/folder permissions on FTP server
  • New. Upload projects, folders and files to FTP server
  • New. Create and edit files directly on the FTP server
  • New. Set initial FTP directory
  • New. Show progress when downloading/uploading from the FTP server
  • New. Prompt on replace when uploading files to the FTP server
  • New. Keep the FTP connection alive
  • New. Load last opened projects on next start up
  • New. Show project description in the status bar
  • New. Convert special characters to HTML/XHTML
  • New. Search in Files now shows how many results that are found
  • New. File associations dialog
  • New. Support for Apple Safari browser
  • New. Support for new variables $email, $company, $year, $month, $day and $time, in the default PHP template
  • New. Inserting items from the code completion using TAB
  • New. Case-sensitive support in the code completion
  • New. support for short tags in the code completion and code explorer
  • New. Change the color of the font in the left gutter
  • New. Option to disable the if/else highlighting
  • New. Support for debugging and previewing files that are not saved
  • New. Sort items in the Code Completion after name
  • New. Insert item from the Code Completion using the Tab key
  • New. If no match in the Code Completion is found, the first item will be selected (by default this is set to false)
  • New. Block editing
  • New. Numbered/ Bulleted list
  • New. Run live syntax error for PHP in silent mode
  • New. Option to change the color of the error line when using the live syntax check
  • New. File-tab layout
  • New. The 1-year restriction in academic licenses has been removed from the license
  • Fixed. Show PHP syntax errors on colored backgrounds
  • Fixed. Loading syntax highlighters when using a non-default user path
  • Fixed. Executing auto completions after tags
  • Fixed. Auto-close brackets (), {} and []
  • Fixed. Opening files from the Todo manager
  • Fixed. Inactive code is disabled when printing
  • Fixed. Option to change the shortcuts for Windows commands
  • Fixed. Changed shortcut for selecting matching tag to CTRL ALT RIGHT ARROW
  • Fixed. Changed shortcut for jumping to matching tag to CTRL ALT LEFT ARROW
  • Minor fixes and enhancements

New in PHP Designer 5.4 (Jun 29, 2007)

  • New. Intuitive user-interface plus a new office 2007 theme
  • New. Better performance
  • New. Live syntax check for PHP
  • New. Live syntax check for HTML and CSS
  • New. Project Manager with support for regular expression, excluding/including directories/files and localhost
  • New. Mark active project on the Getting Started page and in the menu
  • New. List all available projects in the menu
  • New. Customizable shortcuts and toolbars
  • New. Highlight matching if/else
  • New. ToDo manager (visual presentation)
  • New. Customizable prefix for inline todo/bug
  • New. Change the user path for the placement of snippets, templates, todo etc.
  • New. Support for TortoiseSVN commands (add, commit, update, merge and revert)
  • New. Support for different ANSI encodings (ISO/Windows)
  • ISO 8859-1 Latin 1 Western European, ISO 8859-2 Central European, ISO 8859-3 Latin 3, ISO 8859-4 Baltic,
  • ISO 8859-5 Cyrillic, ISO 8859-6 Arabic, ISO 8859-7 Greek, ISO 8859-8 Hebrew, ISO 8859-9 Turkish,
  • ISO 8859-13 Estonian, ISO 8859-15 Latin 9, Windows-1250 Central European, Windows-1251 Cyrillic,
  • Windows 1252 Western European, Windows-1253 Greek, Windows-1254 Turkish, Windows-1255 Hebrew,
  • Windows-1256 Arabic, Windows-1257 Baltic and Windows-1258 Vietnamese
  • New. Support for embedded PHP syntax highlighting in CSS and JavaScript
  • New. Support for syntax highlighting when editing templates and snippets
  • New. Customize the default PHP template (new file)
  • New. Support for changing the style for matching brackets/braces
  • New. Support for changing the font in the gutter
  • New. Delete line and end of line
  • New. Toolbars can now be docked in left, right and bottom position
  • New. Export the todo, snippets, templates and database connections to XML/CSV
  • New. Save column-width, sort-type and direction in the file/project browser
  • New. Distributed with PHP, PhpDocumentor and the PHP Manual
  • Fixed. File encoding/formats
  • Fixed. Selecting non-latin words/chars on double-click
  • Fixed. Selecting text when using the left gutter
  • Fixed. Selecting declarations when the file is not opened
  • Fixed. Search again in the search toolbar (F3)
  • Fixed. FTP re-connection
  • Fixed. Opening .gif images in the image dialog
  • Fixed. The templates in the tool-panel is now always active
  • Minor fixes and enhancements

New in PHP Designer 5.3.2 (May 27, 2007)

  • New. Extended information in the Code Tip (function description, available in PHP version and the returns)
  • New. Open last opened files on start up
  • New. In the status bar you can now see if the active file is part of the active project
  • New. Support for no ending "?>" PHP tag including in the code beautifier, omitting the ending PHP tag is recommended for class definitions to avoid accidentally sending headers due to trailing whitespace after the closing tag. Allows support for frameworks like the Symfony Web PHP frameworks!
  • New. Better speed performance for search/replace routines
  • New. Panels can now be docked on a multiple row
  • New. URL combo box for the embedded web-browser
  • New. Mark search result in the embedded web-browser
  • New. See if the current file belongs to the opened project
  • New. Added support for document all classes and functions in all opened files
  • New. Hide/shows panels
  • New. Support for minimize, maximize or restore Panels
  • New. Panel: Projects overview
  • New. Panel: File browser snapshots
  • New. File explorer combo box
  • New. Information about non-existing functions when searching the PHP manual
  • New. Turn mark search result on/off
  • Fixed. in the code beautifier
  • Fixed. Cursor visibility in the file/project browser when editing filenames
  • Fixed. Visual XP is by default turned off
  • Fixed. &,   etc. in the Code Completion
  • Fixed. '' in the syntax highlighter for JavaScript is now supported
  • Fixed. Support for valid flash XHTML
  • Fixed. Support for valid image XHTML
  • Fixed. Support for valid horizontal line XHTML
  • Fixed. Search History in Find in Files
  • Minor Fixes and enhancements

New in PHP Designer 5.3 (Mar 30, 2007)

  • Significant improvement in speed and performance
  • PHP Code Explorer
  • Support for dependencies (include, include_, require and require_once)
  • Support for classes, extends classes and implements
  • Support for functions
  • Support for grouped variables with counts
  • Support for context of variables (global, local - inside function)
  • Support for constants
  • Support for interfaces
  • Jump to extends classes, implements and dependencies
  • Get information on the fly about where each item is declared in, including phpDocumentor information
  • Search filter
  • PHP Code Completion
  • Support for PHP 4.4.6 and PHP 5.2.1
  • Intelligent suggestion on the fly!
  • Customizable
  • Auto trigger by variables ($), PHP class (::) and PHP object (->)
  • Support for native/user functions, variables and constants
  • Support for context of variables (global, local - inside function)
  • Support for simple and nested objects
  • Support for keywords (include, if, else etc.)
  • Support for class member visibility (private, protected, public, static, final, var)
  • Support for extends classes and implements
  • Support for interfaces
  • Get description about all native functions, what PHP version it is supported in and what it returns.
  • HTML Code Completion
  • Support for HTML and XHTML
  • Intelligent suggestion on the fly!
  • Auto trigger
  • Show information on the fly about tag attributes
  • Customizable
  • CSS Code Completion
  • Support for CSS 1 and CSS 2.1
  • Intelligent suggestion on the fly
  • Auto trigger
  • Code Tip for PHP
  • Support for PHP 4.4.6 and PHP 5.2.1
  • Intelligent suggestion on the fly
  • Auto trigger inside functions and by mouse clicking
  • Support for multiple functions
  • Support for multiple lines
  • Extended information about functions (classes and types)
  • Fixed position (always at beginning of function call)
  • Project Manager
  • Parse project for classes, functions, variables, constants, extends, implements, interfaces etc.
  • The active project is protected against renaming
  • Jump to File/Project Declaration (classes, functions, interfaces, constants and variables)
  • Search and jump to File/Project Declaration (classes, functions, interfaces, constants and variables)
  • Support for Frameworks
  • Embedded PHP in the HTML highlighter
  • Asia characters are now displayed corrected when working in PHP/HTML/CSS/JS
  • Support for key strokes in the file/project browser
  • New file-templates for PHP and HTML
  • File overview in the File tabs
  • Close all files except active file
  • The AutoClose Bracket has been improved when working in PHP/HTML/CSS/JS
  • Show hint with active line position when scrolling
  • Support for deleting Desktop Layouts
  • Fixed loading syntax highlighters on upstart
  • Fixed saving and loading HTML versions on upstart
  • Support for the extended PHP manual in the code libraries
  • New statusbar in the browser preview
  • Fixed loading highlighters
  • Fixed the alignment properties in Table and Images
  • Fixed layout on the Getting Started page
  • Support for an edit popup-menu in the search toolbar
  • Support for tabs/tabs-to-spaces in the auto-completion, snippets and templates
  • Support for external looking up in the PHP manual
  • Fixes and enhancements

New in PHP Designer 5.2.2 (Feb 27, 2007)

  • CSS and JavaScript are not associated with the Intelligent Highlighter by default
  • PHP Syntax highlighter: Updated PHP function keywords from PHP 5.2.1 and PHP 4.4.5
  • PHP Syntax highlighter: Removed broken function keywords
  • PHP Syntax highlighter: Added aliases
  • Executing the Code Suggestion fixed
  • Resize vertical on the �Getting Started� page
  • Renamed search option �search from caret� too �search from current position�
  • Minor fixes and enhancements

New in PHP Designer 5.2.1 (Feb 26, 2007)

  • New options added to the PHP Code Beautifier (Space before semicolon, Space around colon)
  • Support for the extended PHP manual
  • Support for undoing �Mark & replace� when the scope is set to: �All open documents�
  • File Tab fixed
  • Minor fixes and enhancements

New in PHP Designer 5.1.2 (Dec 21, 2006)

  • - Support for UTF with/without BOM
  • - PHP Code Inspector enhancements
  • - File Format enhancements (UTF)
  • - File Tab enhancements
  • - File Browser enhancements (mouse-scroll and cursor)
  • - Project enhancements (mouse-scroll, cursor and new folder)
  • - Search and Replace enhancements (e.g. search backward with F3, cylindrical search and replace again)
  • - Minor fixes and enhancements

New in PHP Designer 5.1 (Dec 4, 2006)

  • Added support for UTF-8, UTF-16 LE and UTF-16 BE
  • Graphical User Interface enhancements (e.g. new icons)
  • Code Proposal for PHP and HTML enhancements
  • Localhost enhancements
  • Brace/Bracket auto indent enhancements (e.g. tabs to space is now supported)
  • Search enhancements (search dialog, search toolbar and F3)
  • Project Manager enhancements (creating new projects)
  • Added support to change the position of the Editor Toolbar (top or bottom)
  • Bookmark enhancements (set bookmarks directly by clicking on the left gutter)
  • Bookmark Toolbar
  • Web Search Toolbar
  • Code Snippets enhancements
  • File Browser enhancements (e.g. start in the last opened folder and scroll)
  • Added support for opening the localhost folder directly in the File Browser
  • Added support for choosing the path in the Open Dialog (file path, file browser path or project path)
  • Added support for automatic detect the file php.ini if XAMPP is installed
  • Added support for directly opening the file php.ini
  • Minor fixes and enhancements

New in PHP Designer 5.0.4 (Oct 4, 2006)

  • Dual/multiple monitors are now supported,
  • All toolbar flickering has been removed,
  • Customize or disable colors for inactive codes in the Intelligent Highlighter,
  • Customize the color of the left gutter,
  • Enable/disable the auto detect changes made by external applications,
  • The search features has been improved,
  • The replace features has been improved,
  • The localhost preview has been improved,
  • The application manager has been improved,
  • If selected, the upstart is set to start only one blank file/tab instead of two,
  • Required files are now stored correctly in the code inspector,
  • The unicode button is now by default hidden,
  • The interface has been improved,
  • Minor fixes