Testimonials
"As a web developer who spends 50% of his time re-writing and cleaning up old poorly written HTML and adding CSS and the other 50% of his time neck deep in osCommerce, I went on a two week hunt to download every PHP/HTML/CSS tool I could find. In the mix of programs I tested Rapid PHP easily separated itself form the pack. There were plenty of programs that had 85% of the features I wanted and needed but Rapid PHP was everything. So I sent a bug report to the dev team (as I had done with many of the programs I tried). The team at Blumentals responded the next day. I was blown away. There are thousands of things that I'd love to say about how valuable Rapid PHP is. Suffice it to say that this is the best program I've found and the only one I want to use. With a solid program and a ready-to-help development team Rapid PHP is worth twice what Blumentals is asking."
Jon Henderson, Web Developer, Ecreativeworks, Inc.
"This is one powerful, all-inclusive editor. Whether you only create PHP files, or use a wide variety of scripting languages (such as (X)HTML and CSS), Rapid PHP will fulfill most, if not all, of your needs."
Lee Underwood, Associate Editor, Web Reference
"I just wanted to thank you for making Rapid PHP such an amazingly useful and well thought out program! - The features, the layout and just everything about it are so useful for a web-developer such as myself! I much prefer "hand coding" to using software like Dreamweaver® etc., and this makes my job so much easier! With features such as spell checking, syntax highlighting and error checking, this has saved me hours of development time, over when I used to simply do it in Notepad! Many Thanks for making Rapid PHP such a great program! Keep up the good work!"
Ben Thomas, Director, BTCentral Ltd.
"I truly wish I had found Rapid PHP editor sooner. As Lead developer for DWB Jemlinsoft, I code, modify code, embed code, eat, sleep and dream "code". I have bought and used many popular code editors and have not found them lacking in capabilities in one area or another. Projects that I work with often require switching between multiple applications to complete. Coders will agree that this is often cumbersome. With its' integrated CSS, HTML, JavaScript editors, and preview window, Rapid PHP eliminates the need to switch between applications, and allows me to code, validate, preview and save directly to my servers in one full sweep. Editing has never been easier! Rapid PHP is exactly what I want as a coder."
Thank you Mr. Blumentals for creating a "Ground Breaking" and affordable development tool that I will use for years to come. I give your Rapid PHP editing software my highest regard and recommendation!"
JT Jones, Lead Developer, DWB Jemlinsoft LLC
"I just wanted to say that knowing how amazing Rapid PHP is, I was totally stoked to see that you had made a new version. I was then absolutely floored when I saw what you had included in the new version. This is really setting a new standard in PHP development. Your programs work at my pace and I never have problems with them. I never find Rapid PHP to be hogging memory or slowing down due to background processes. Thanks heaps for listening to your customers. This is what makes you guys the real deal. I just wanted to say a big thank you for your products. I'm onboard."
Murray Chapman, Freelance Multimedia / Web Developer
"I would like to thank you for your great program Rapid PHP. We use Rapid PHP on a daily basis and it is a real time-saver, great tool."
Femi, Vision.To Design, Sweden
"I'm really blown away with this software, and the service I have received from Blumentals. Having the preview pane, the code snippet library, the variable selection, the much faster code explorer, and the fixes to some minor niggles in the old version, I've doubled my productivity over the IDE I used to use. It lets me focus entirely on the coding."
Paul Hanlon
"I'm a self-employed Web Developer working on different projects. Currently I'm working togehter in a team for a swapping platform called Hitflip. The people I'm working with are using the Rapid PHP Editor. I tried it too and must say that it is one of the best editors I ever used. Many thanks from Germany!"
Karsten Tralst, Hitflip Media Trading GmbH
"I've been using Rapid PHP to develop W3C standards compliant XHTML and CSS web applications in PHP/MySQL since 2005. Rapid PHP has the essential find and replace in files tool I so loved in TextPad and the new Code Explorer makes PHP coding [life] so much easier. The integrated CSS and HTML validation tools are awesome. The best I have used anywhere. The CSS Auto Complete is amazing. I liked Maguma Open Studio and PHP Designer until I used Rapid PHP. Rapid PHP is a better text editor then TextPad, the perfect CSS editor and my favorite PHP IDE ever!"
Keith Spiller, HOSTHIVE
"I have bought and used Rapid PHP for a c ouple of days and I have to say how brilliant this software is. Your team have done a wonderful job - makes my PHP programming so much easier, especially to be able to debug and step through code. Fantastic! Thank you very much for a superb product at a very reaosnable price."
Paul Harding, Web developer, United Kingdom
"I spent over half of my professional life as a classical composer, and I prize simplicity and elegance in programming too. Karlis Blumental's PHP Editor (like his HTMLPad ) is a small masterpiece of straightforward, helpful design. It is actually pretty full-featured too - particularly good at previewing what you code. I struggled with PHP for months using a text-editor only and recently put all my old source into a Rapid PHP project. Within five minutes I was going at eight-times the speed, and enjoying it more. My Websites so far are for are family and friends - but I certainly plan to do a serious Intraweb design with this product."
Gordon Crosse, Classical Composer and Programmer, author of www.jaycoats.co.uk
"There is simply not enough good words to describe what this program has done for my PHP development needs. Karlis Blumentals has proven beyond any reasonable doubt that he holds the consumers best interest and make us his TOP priority, not his pocket book. The way that you have integrated all of your users requests and comments is absolutely astonishing. Since using Rapid PHP, I have been more productive and development has been fun."
Ben Wasley, Ben W Consulting LLC
"Wow! Thank you so much for developing this marvelous editor. I've been a software engineer for more than 20 years and have never had anything so great to work with, I use Rapid PHP 99% of the time now. I also love the CSS editor, which I just discovered, well worth the price, kudos to the developer, everything I ever needed in a programming editor is in this program."
Stephen Rivera, President, LogoGraphica Consulting, Inc.
"I just had to write you again to say WOW! I've been using it for a week now. It's fantastic and I still haven't used all of its functionality. You should charge more for it. Its one of the best development tools I have ever used and I've been in the IT field for over 28 years. Started on mainframes and moved to PC/UNIX platforms about 8 years ago. Keep up the great work."
Doug Stehr, IT Technical Consultant for a major truck manufacture
"I started developing software in the late 80’s and a while ago I started developing php applications. I’ve used several tools to write the code, but Rapid PHP beats them all. Even the extreme expensive tools lost the battle! This is one of the most intuitive php coders I’ve ever used. The one thing I love the most about Rapid PHP is not only that it’s a complete environment but also that I can load several sources (classes) and get an overview of all the class members in an instant. Buying Rapid PHP is the best investment I’ve did this year already."
Johan Myny, Belgium
"I just wanted to congratulate you on your first-class product - Rapid PHP. I and my coding partner have been die-hard Dreamweaver users for many years now. After evaluating Rapid PHP for a very short while, it was plainly evident that this was the software that could entice us away. (All others have failed in one small part or another.) FTP works brilliantly, code coloring is perfect, project management - superb. All in all, a must-have PHP Developer IDE."
Maz Young, Owner and Administrator, StudioX Designs
"I am finding that your Rapid PHP is so useful that I have stopped using Dreamweaver completely. Your program is much better! Also, your software costs only a fraction of the coat of Dreamweaver. Blumentals software is well worth every cent. I will certainly be buying all future upgrades when they are available. Thank you for making such great software."
Al Woods, Netherlands
"Among the many things I like about Rapid PHP 2005 is that the Find and Replace functions do everything one wants them to do, and efficiently. The multi-line option is an unexpected and welcome bonus. This software has many advanced features but even if one uses only the basic functions it is a delight to use. It does not get in the way and enables one to do what one wishes to do with a minimum of effort. The toolbars contain icons for many useful things such as inserting the PHP output tag (<?= ?>) and the toolbars are easily turned on, turned off and customized (it's even possible to move icons from any dropdown menu to any preferred toolbar). The automatic display of a PHP function's argument list is very helpful, and also the fact that pressing F1 when the cursor is over a function name takes one to the online manual page for that function. I recommend this software for anyone writing PHP programs."
Peter Meyer, Hermetic Systems
"This program is brilliant, and costs so little. I tried using Dreamweaver® to code PHP, but soon became bored of the long load times, not to mention the high price tag. I started looking for an alternative, and found Rapid PHP. I haven't looked back, and am very pleased with it. It has every feature I have been looking for."
Tom Beynon, Web Developer, United Kingdom
"Rapid PHP is a great product, for me it is the best PHP editor on the net."
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