When it comes to server-side scripting, PHP is the language that comes to mind. When you're done with your code, there are two kinds of tools that help a lot.

PHP tools

Debuggers and Testing and Optimization tools. Here are top most of the best in these segments!


Debugging Tools for PHP developer 

1. Webgrind : This is an Xdebug profiling web frontend for PHP5. It works on all platforms and takes very little time to install.

2. Xdebug : This extension lets you debug your scripts and provides a lot of valuable information for you to use.

3. Gubed PHP Debugger : Use this tool to find logic errors in your PHP code.

4. DBG : This PHP debugger is used for local and remote PHP debugging.

5. PHP_Debug : This tool can output processing times for your PHP and SQL get variable dumps in graphical form and check the performance of particular code blocks.

6. PHP_Dyn : This is an open source PHP debugging tool that can be used for various purposes.

7. MacGDBp : This is a fully featured but live debugger that is meant for the Mac OS.


Testing and Optimization Tools for PHP developer

1. PHPUnit : This is a port for the popular JUnit testing suite for PHP5.

2. SimpleTest : This is a unit testing platform for PHP applications. It is simple and easy to use.

3. Selenium : Write UI tests for any HTTP website using any JavaScript-based Internet browser.

4. PHP_CodeSniffer : This is a PHP5 script that detects whether a PHP code conforms to a predefined coding standard.

5. dBug : This is a simple tool for outputting data tables with information about arrays, database resources, classes and objects and XML resources.

6. PHP Profile Class : This is a PHP profiling tool that lets you figure out what part of your PHP code needs refactoring and optimisation.

Hope this article useful for you, are you favorite tools or website not in the list? Feel free to mention it in comments below.

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