Migrate Zend Studio to Apache NetBeans

Export durable assets

Place source in Git, preserve composer.json, composer.lock, PHPUnit configuration, application config templates, and documentation. Record Zend-only include paths, source roots, remote mappings, and launch URLs separately.

Create a NetBeans PHP project

Use existing sources, select the correct PHP version and interpreter, define the web root and test directories, and allow Composer metadata to describe dependencies. Avoid importing caches or workspace indexes.

Translate remote and debugger settings

NetBeans supports local, script, and remote FTP/SFTP run configurations. Recreate only the workflow still required and prefer versioned deployment. Configure current Xdebug 3 directives on the runtime and new IDE-side mappings.

Acceptance checks

Run syntax checks and tests, inspect Git for accidental metadata, debug one request, verify encoding, and compare remote paths without uploading to production. Keep the old VM isolated until the migration owner signs off.

Verification and maintenance

Migrate Zend Studio to Apache NetBeans was reviewed for this seed on 2026-08-09. Before adopting its recommendations, confirm current releases, platform support, licensing, extension publishers, and configuration syntax through Apache NetBeans PHP Projects at the official source linked below. Product status and plugin compatibility can change independently of this editorial record.

Test changes on a representative repository and keep Composer scripts, automated tests, static analysis, and version control authoritative. If official documentation no longer supports a claim made on /zend-studio/migrate-zend-studio-to-netbeans/, mark the fact unknown or update it from a primary source rather than filling the gap from an old tutorial or download mirror.