Developers can deal with the “multiple languages” issue using a collection of debug tools, each outfitted for its particular domain. A PHP debugger “extension” handles debugging PHP code.

PHP tooling includes syntax highlighting, code completion, code generators, debugging, database wizards and FTP support, Sun said.

The newest version of the Oracle NetBeans IDE (integrated developer environment) will come with support for the latest versions of PHP and C++. NetBeans 7.2, , will also offer the ability for users to ...