Re: Re: Which IDE do you recommend for php-src development?

On Mon, Sep 16, 2024, at 7:06 PM, Hans Henrik Bergan wrote: > +1 for VSCode, I use it practically everywhere these days, > HTML/Javascript/TypeScript/PHP/C/C++/Python/Lua, all on VSCode. > > On Mon, 16 Sept 2024 at 13:07, Barel <barel.barelon@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Sat, 14 Sept 2024 at 23:44, Barel <barel.barelon@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi >>> >>> For C/C++ development I usually use CLion from Jetbrains but I tried to use it with >>> php-src and was unable to get it to work properly. CLion really insists on using CMake and has only >>> quite limited support for makefiles. After trying to get it to work unsuccessfully I am ready to try >>> something else. >>> >>> So which IDE would you recommend for php-src development? I understand that people >>> probably have many different preferences but I wondered if there was something that most php >>> internals developers used. One important feature would be to easily work with the project running on >>> a docker container >>> >>> Thanks in advance! >>> >>> Carlos >> >> >> Answering myself in case someone finds this useful in the future. >> >> Several people recommended VSCode so decided to give it a try. I found this guide which >> describes very well what you need to do to get VSCode working for a php-src project hosted in a >> docker container. Works brilliantly, I am able to work with the code in the container using all >> VSCode features, including debugging with GDB. Nice! >> >> https://bogomolov.tech/php-extension-development/ Please please someone capture the details of this thread somewhere on the wiki or php.net, or maybe even in the php-src repo itself. We really need to have good "how to get from git clone to a working C debugger" instructions. --Larry Garfield