jim.bernatowicz

It can be a challenge sometimes to determine which version of the xdebug binary is required for your system's configuration. This handy xdebug binary recommendation wizard will accept and parse your phpinfo(); or php -i output. It will tell you which version is installed and recommend a newer version, if applicable. It also has a link to the appropriate binary package and instructions for installation.

Netbeans is a powerful IDE (integrated development environment) that supports many languages. It got its start as a Java IDE, and in fact its written in Java, so it runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac.

Netbeans is open source and free of licensing costs.

At the time of this writing, I am using Netbeans 6.8 for PHP development.