Comparison with PDT

While Zend Studio for Eclipse is built on top of Eclipse and PDT there are significant differences. PDT is designed as a basic PHP editor and a framework for building IDE. Zend Studio for Eclipse is designed as a full featured multi-language PHP IDE based on Zend’s strong experience with Zend Studio to create the most powerful PHP IDE available. This table will give you a quick comparison.

Feature	PDT	Zend Studio for Eclipse
Installation / Documentation / Support
Package / Installation
Multi language support
Tip of the Day
Support
Updater Mechanism
JavaScript Support
Syntax Coloring
Basic Code Assist in JavaScript Blocks
View JS Elements in PHP/HTML Outline
HTML Support
Syntax Coloring
Code Assist
Code Folding
Drag and Drop HTML Components
Design and Source View
Properties View
Source Control
Local History
CVS
Subversion
Refactoring
Move Files and Folders
Rename Files Classes, Function and Variables
Organize Includes
PHPUnit Testing
Test Case / Suite Code Generation
Test Results Visual Support
Stack Trace and Filtering
Debugging
Local Debugging
Web Server Debugging
Local Deployment
Text Encoding Support
Tunneling Support
Web Servers Management
File Content Transfer (Use Local/Server Copy)
SSL Communication
Toolbar Support
PHP Executable Profiler
Web Server Profiler
Code Coverage
Remote Systems
FTP
SFTP
SQL
Query editor - syntax coloring, syntax code assist
New Connection Intuitive Wizard
Editable table viewer
Objects tree - Tables, views
JDBC drivers
Editor and File Management
PHP4 and PHP5 Support
Syntax Coloring, Code Assist
Templates (PHP, PHPDoc, New File)
Code Folding (Classes, functions and PHPDoc)
Real time error detection
Bookmarks
Smart Goto Source + Hover Support
Automatic Insertion (brackets, braces, PHPDoc)
Matching Bracket
Comment / Uncomment PHP code
PHP (Project) Explorer View
Open resource (File / function)
PHP Manual Integration
Search PHP element
File / Project / PHP Inspectors (Outlines)
Basic Code Formatting (not customizable)
Advanced Code Formatting (indentation, braces, white spaces and blank lines)
Find & Replace in Files
Tasks
Project Include Path
Problems View
DnD or Open Explorer Files
Easy Create New File
Code Assist for Include Content
Code Generation
Getters/Setters Functions
Override/Implement Functions
New PHP Elements Wizards (Class, Interface)
Miscellaneous
Advanced PHP code analyzer
RSS Reader
Web Services Editor
Web Services support (Wizard and Inspection)
PHPDocumentor Support
BIRT Integration (Code assist, Example Project, Templates)
Java Bridge - Code Assist for Java Classes and Packages
Zend Platform Integration
Basic Integration (Open Platform GUI)
Events List View
Debug / Profile Events
Automatic Allow Debugging/Tunneling on Server (using WSDL)
Platform API
Zend Framework Integration
Code Assist
Framework Project
Code Templates
Example Project
MVC View
MVC Code Generation
Other Integration
Zend Code Gallery Viewer
Zend Code Gallery Interactive (suggest, vote)
Zend Guard integration
Zend Studio 5.5 Migration
Zend Studio Key maps
Import Zend Studio Projects