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Submitted by captaindav on Tue, 2009-04-14 10:19
Eclipse is an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) written in Java, orignally funded by IBM. Originally targetted as an IDE for Java development, it now support other languages, including C++ and PHP.
Eclipse PDT is the PHP development plug-in for the Eclipse IDE. To get Eclipse with PDT already installed, download the all-in-one Eclipse/PHP distrubution from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads and unzip. Make sure to keep your version of PDT up to date by going to Check for Updates under the Help menu. To learn more, see http://www.eclipse.org/pdt.
Zen Studio is a distribution of Eclipse/PDT specifically for PHP programmers. When you install Zen Studio, it has a 30 day evaluation, but reverts to a "Personal Edition" after the 30 days evaluation, unless a license fee is paid. To learn more, see http://www.zend.com/en/products/studio.