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Overview

Adobe® Flash® Builder™ for PHP provides an integrated development environment (IDE) to build and test rich and interactive user experiences for data-intensive PHP applications. With Flash Builder for PHP, you can: differentiate your data-driven PHP applications with superior user experiences; reach multiple devices, including mobile, web and desktop with the least amount of code change; develop and debug Flash and PHP application components in an integrated development environment; and deliver scalable, high-performance, and secure PHP-based Flash/Flex applications.

Benefits

• Simple creation of joint Flex/PHP projects - Seamlessly build projects that leverage the strengths of both front-end and back-end technologies.
• Powerful coding tools - Use MXML, ActionScript, and CSS editors that include syntax coloring, statement completion, code templates, code collapse, interactive step-through debugging, generation of common code, refactoring, metadata code completion, and more.
• Rich visual layout - Visually design and preview user interface layout, appearance, and behavior using a rich library of built-in components. Extend Flex framework components, or create new ones as needed.
• Data-driven mobile application development - Build standalone Flex and/or ActionScript applications with powerful PHP back ends targeted at one or more mobile platforms. Design and Code View support mobile development using mobileready components.
• Debug mobile applications across presentation and data layers - Test mobile applications in a unified workflow starting on the handheld device, all the way through to the PHP layer.
• Package and sign mobile applications - Deploy, package, and sign required resources as a platform-specific installer file for upload to a mobile application distribution site or store.
• Interactive data visualization - Create data dashboards and interactive data analysis by dragging and dropping a chart type and linking it to a data source using the Flex Charting library. Use the Advanced Datagrid to enable users to explore complex data.
• Data-centric development - Introspect PHP, REST, and SOAP services to display methods and properties in the Data/Service Explorer. Bind methods to user interface components using drag and drop.
• Skinning and styling - Customize application appearance using CSS and graphical property editors. Set commonly used properties and preview the results in Design View. Use the Theme Browser to apply themes to a project.
• Powerful testing tools - Accelerate application performance using memory and performance profilers. Support for automated functional testing tools such as HP QuickTest Professional and FlexUnit is also available.
• Network Monitor - Generate a detailed audit trail of all data passed between the local Flex application and the back end, assisting with debugging and performance tuning.

Features

System Requirements

Windows®

• 2GHz or faster processor
  Microsoft® Windows XP with Service Pack 3, Windows Vista® Ultimate or Enterprise (32 or 64 bit running in 32-bit mode), Windows Server® 2008 (32 bit), or Windows 7 (32 or 64 bit running in 32-bit mode)
• 1GB of RAM (2GB recommended)
• 1.5GB of available hard-disk space
• Java Virtual Machine (32 bit): IBM® JRE 1.6 or Sun™ JRE 1.6
• 1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
• DVD-ROM drive
• Eclipse 3.6.1 (for plug-in installation); the following distributions are supported: Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers, Eclipse IDE for Java Developers, Eclipse Classic, Eclipse for PHP Developers
• Broadband Internet connection required for online services and to validate Subscription Edition (if applicable) on an ongoing basis*
  

Mac OS

• Intel® processor
• Mac OS X v10.6
• 1GB of RAM (2GB recommended)
• 1.5GB of available hard-disk space
• Java Virtual Machine (32 bit): JRE 1.6
• 1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
• DVD-ROM drive
• Eclipse 3.6.1 Cocoa version (for plug-in installation); the following distributions are supported: Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers, Eclipse IDE for Java
  Developers, Eclipse Classic, Eclipse for PHP Developers
• Broadband Internet connection required for online services and to validate Subscription Edition (if applicable) on an ongoing basis*
  

Learn More

• Flash Builder for PHP
• Flash Builder for PHP FAQ
• Zend Solutions for Mobile Applications