If it comes to PHP IDE needs, this one has it all

What are the best aspects of this product?

I'm liking the smart code completion feature cause it's particularly helpful to my work. The software has a good understanding of the PHP language and uses that to make code completion suggestions. Another feature that's very useful to my work is the word expansion. This one may not be as deep as code completion but having it complete a word I'm currently typing based on the previously used words is amazing. Another one is the support for frameworks like symphony, magento, and laravel. Coding through framework instead of using the native language is becoming popular so this is very helpful.

What aspects are problematic or could work better?

It's resource-heavy and takes a lot of space in the hard drive (over 200mb). It uses a lot of RAM and CPU which makes it not fit for lower-end computers like those running on dual cores with 2gb of RAM. And being a developer, it's frustrating when it starts hanging in the middle of my coding process.

What specific problems in your company were solved by this product?

We're mostly using PHP as the main backend language for the system we're building therefore an IDE created specially, but not strictly restrained, for PHP is perfect for our job.

Are you a current user of this product?

Yes