<s>
PHPEclipse	B-Language
is	O
a	O
PHP	B-Application
development	O
plugin	O
for	O
the	O
Eclipse	B-Application
IDE	I-Application
Framework	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Being	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
Eclipse	B-Application
framework	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
raft	O
of	O
additional	O
features	O
provided	O
directly	O
by	O
Eclipse	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PHPEclipse	B-Language
project	O
was	O
started	O
in	O
November	O
2002	O
as	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
add-on	O
to	O
the	O
eclipse	B-Application
framework	O
to	O
provide	O
PHP	B-Application
tools	I-Application
and	O
highlighting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
development	O
has	O
continued	O
over	O
the	O
years	O
by	O
a	O
dedicated	O
group	O
of	O
open-source	B-Application
developers	O
,	O
new	O
features	O
have	O
been	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
project	O
and	O
several	O
issues	O
have	O
been	O
resolved	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
September	O
2009	O
a	O
major	O
overhaul	O
had	O
been	O
started	O
on	O
the	O
PHPEclipse	B-Language
code	O
base	O
to	O
add	O
in	O
more	O
features	O
and	O
fix	O
many	O
long	O
outstanding	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
may	O
be	O
the	O
2.0.0	O
release	O
of	O
PHPEclipse	B-Language
but	O
for	O
now	O
the	O
developers	O
are	O
calling	O
it	O
1.3.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
1.2.x	O
release	O
will	O
get	O
code	O
from	O
1.3.x	O
if	O
possible	O
to	O
continue	O
to	O
improve	O
PHPEclipse	B-Language
for	O
users	O
until	O
1.3.x	O
or	O
2.0.x	O
is	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
with	O
online	O
updates	O
and	O
its	O
inclusion	O
as	O
standard	O
in	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
standard	O
Linux	O
distributions	O
that	O
include	O
Eclipse	B-Application
and	O
the	O
4	O
newer	O
releases	O
of	O
PHPEclipse	B-Language
,	O
the	O
actual	O
number	O
of	O
users	O
is	O
difficult	O
to	O
estimate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PHPEclipse	B-Language
retains	O
its	O
open	O
source	O
base	O
and	O
has	O
an	O
active	O
presence	O
on	O
SourceForge	O
.	O
</s>
