Juan Rivera

I've just recently added support in VS.Php 2.8 for the new language features in PHP 5.3 Here is a screenshot of a file using namespaces and lambda functions: Now the focus is getting namespaces integrated into the intellisense engine. If you are interested in trying it out, go to... (more)

I have fixed a bunch of issues on 2.7 so I've decided to make it available to all. Here is the list of fixes: Improved project-wide intellisense Address some of the XDebug crashes in Apache. Only allow one thread at a time to avoid concurrency issues in XDebug/PHP Improve PhpDo... (more)

Guys, I've been quiet on my blog lately so I wanted to give everyone an update on what am I up to. First, VS.Php 2.7 has been a great release, probably the best one so far. But while the product has evolved with new features, bugs have crept up as well. I wanted to take time to... (more)

Now that VS.Php 2.7 is out, I'll like to share our progress with VS.Php for Visual Studio 2010. If you are currently participating on the VS2010 beta program, you can try VS.Php for Visual Studio 2010. Here is a screenshot of VS.Php running on Visual Studio 2010: There are a nu... (more)

We pleased to announce the release of VS.Php 2.7 for Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2005. This release introduces a number of new key features and enhacements of existing features. Silverlight One of the most exciting new features is Silverlight integration. With VS.Php 2.... (more)

I have made some improvements to the smart indentation feature in VS.Php. Smart indentation can be enabled here: I tried to address a number of issues with the previous version where things didn't align well. In many cases things don't align well if there are syntax errors so i... (more)

In VS.Php 2.7 I made changes to the IIS integration in which you could use IIS with any existing project by simply changing the debug mode in the project properties. I also had removed the Local IIS project from the new project types. In the lastest build, I reintroduced the Loca... (more)

One of the things we are doing in regards to the standalone edition is that VS.Php will automatically install the shell if you don't have it. You will download a bootstrapper executable. This executable checks if you have the .Net runtime and Visual Studio installed. If you don't,... (more)

VS.Php standalone edition is a great tool for PHP developers who don't own Visual Studio. It comes with the Visual Studio shell and provides all the features you find in the other editions of VS.Php. I'll like to share a bit of history on the standalone edition, where we are tod... (more)

In VS.Php 2.7 we have added extra functionality to the built-in Apache web server. First, you will no longer see a console Apache window showing up when you start the debug session. Instead, you will see a nice icon showing up in the traybar. Second, if the Apache process crashe... (more)

We have redone our IIS integration in VS.Php 2.7. The new level of integration is more powerful and flexible. You can now use IIS with any local project instead of having a specific project type for IIS. That means you can use the project wizard to create project from existing f... (more)

This is another minor update to the 2.6 branch. The following are some of the key changes in this release: - Fix indentation issues when using "else if" - Fix reconnection issues on remote server projects. When the connection goes down, it will reconnect silently. It also has the ... (more)

Until now, we have been including both PHP 5 and PHP 4 runtimes with VS.Php. In an attempt to simplify things, I was wondering if we could get rid of the PHP 4 runtime. Afterall, I think everyone has moved to PHP 5 by now since PHP 4 is no longer supported. What if I get rid of ... (more)

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We are finally using a new server. After a few weeks of instability on the website due to the increase in traffic we have moved to a more powerful server. If you see something not working quite right please let me know. I'd appreciate the feedback. Thanks, Juan ... (more)

Check out the new integration between VS.Php 2.7 (beta) and Silverlight 3 (beta): http://screencast.com/t/i0qyiGi3yZ VS.Php 2.7 is available for download here: http://www.jcxsoftware.com/jcx/vsphp/beta Silverlight 3 beta will probably be available soon as well. I'm going to fix ... (more)

In the past few days there was a change in Vista (I'm guessing) in which localhost resolves to the IPv6 loopback address instead of the IPv4 address. The problem is that VS.Php's apache server only supports IPv4 and therefore when you start your debug session you get an error say... (more)

I'm proud to announce that we have released VS.Php 2.6 Japanese Edition. http://www.asial.co.jp/vsphp/release.php This build release for the Japanese market has a few bug fixes that aren't in our current release. I plan to release a new minor English release tomorrow. read more ... (more)

I was invited by Microsoft to attend the Mix 2009 event. I'm trying to get the Silverlight integration done by then but has had two false starts with it. I need SL3 to get the integration working. In any case, if you are going to Mix, please send me an email, I'd love to chat wi... (more)

I'm posting another minor updates to the VS.Php 2.6 release. This release includes the following: Fixed issue that prevented VS.Php to start debug session Updated FTP, SFTP engine Fixed PEAR help docs Fix PHP doc formatting ... (more)