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Last week, Zend Studio 7.1 was released (read the full press release). This is an important update which contains many new features. The nWire team worked with the Zend Studio team during the beta to ensure the compatibility of nWire with this latest release. nWire for PHP 1.2 fully supports Zend Studio 7.1.

Existing users will notice a nice performance boost over Zend Studio 7.0.x. Our early tests show about 15% improvement in code analysis speed. This is the result of a brand new code analysis and resolution engine. This engine will become available as part of PDT 2.2 during 2010. On a side note, this new engine is based on the H2 Database, the same database which powers nWire.

We are still working on improving the performance and resolution accuracy in nWire. A new beta version is expected shortly which will bring significant improvement in this area.

Users of Zend Studio 7.1 are invited to share their experience with us. Let us know if you encounter any performance difference in nWire operation between the versions, either by emailing our support team or in our forum.

Hello PHP developer!

Do you find yourself overwhelmed by the complexity of your code?
Are you getting lost in a sea of hundreds and thousands of files?
Are you spending more time reading and understanding your code than actually writing new code?

If you answered 'yes' to any of these questions, we have just the tool for you!

Join us next week (September 16) for a free Webiner in association with Zend Technologies. In this webinar, you will see how nWire for PHP can help you regain control of your code using a few simple tools and techniques. See how nWire can considerably expedite the process of fixing bugs, refactoring code and even preparing for code and design reviews.

Sign up today, using this link.

nWire for PHP is currently undergoing the last testing phases and it will be released early next week along with some major changes to our web site. In the mean while, our online shop has been updated with the new product offering.

The new product retails for $59. We are also offering a combined license of nWire for Java and PHP for $99. The two products are working perfectly together and can be installed on the same Eclipse instance (naturally, you will need both PDT and JDT). Users who purchased nWire before version 1.2 may add the PHP support for $40. Just contact our sales team and we will send you a special coupon for this upgrade.

We are happy to announce that, starting today, nWire for PHP is publicly available. You can install it now on Zend Studio 7.0 or Eclipse PHP Development Tools (PDT) version 2.1 or above (based on Eclipse 3.5).

See the complete installation instructions for more details.

Keep in mind that this product is still in beta. If you encounter any problem or have any comment or question, please let us know: send us an email or visit our new Forums.

It is time to unveil the details of our next release. Since its' initial released, nWire was targeted at multiple languages. We are very happy to announce that the next language to be supported by nWire will be... drumroll... PHP.

We partnered with Zend Technologies, the leaders of the PHP language, and customized nWire to fit their latest Zend Studio 7.0 and Eclipse PHP Development Tools (PDT) 2.1. You can read more about the new tool on this page.

Since this is a major step for nWire, we will conduct a short beta stage. We are currently in private beta and the public beta will follow shortly after. We invite you to sign-up and be notified when the beta is publicly available.

Working with PHP is a true challenge for nWire since the language is dynamic and loosely typed. The PHP environment performs only a syntactic check, unlike the Java compiler that alerts on a wide range of issues. We worked hard to ensure that as much information as possible is gathered in the analysis process. Naturally, structured code will result in a more meaningful representation.

Once released, the new product will be named nWire for PHP, while the current nWire will be renamed as nWire for Java. It is possible to install both products on the same IDE and we will offer a discounted price for a joint license.