50 Extremely useful PHP tools - Part II

PHP or Hypertext Preprocessor is an open source scripting language that can be used to produce dynamic web pages and runs on a web server. PHP is released under the PHP License. PHP includes a command line interface (CLI) capability as well as a graphical based interface.

PHP Tools

In our previous article Extremely Useful PHP Tools: part - 1, we had described some tools from our list of the 50 extremely useful PHP tools. Here are the remaining PHP tools, classified as:

50 Extremely useful PHP tools - Part I

PHP is a very widely used, open source scripting language that is highly suited for the Web. PHP can be embedded into HTML as well. Web developers around the world and the open source community prefer PHP to other proprietary tools because of its flexibility. There exist many PHP tools for enhancing the programming workflow, and classes and libraries that help in debugging, testing and code authoring.

PHP Tools

The most widely used PHP tools can be classified as:

• Debugging Tools
• Testing and Optimization Tools
• Documentation Tools
• Security Tools
• Image Manipulation Tools

PHP vs RoR:

Comparing Ruby on Rails and PHP is like comparing apples to oranges. PHP is a programming language, while Ruby on Rails is a framework that is created with a separate language by the name of Ruby. Though the Rails framework can be used with other languages, including PHP, it is typically used with Ruby. Consequently, talking about one perpetually infers the application of the other. Here is a quick comparison between Ruby on Rails development with the PHP development: