Joomla PHP Pages Component 0.2

The PHP Pages Component is a Joomla component that allows you to create PHP pages inside Joomla. It is quite a simple component but very powerful.

I use it whenever I need to put together a quick PHP page in Joomla, and do not want to have to package a full blown component with MVC skeleton and all. The PHP pages created in the component has full access to the Joomla API and thus can do anything a Joomla component can.

A few days ago a Joomla developer posted on our forum and mentioned some issues and suggestions with the PHP Pages Component. I use the component a lot and have come to ignore those issues altogether. However, being the lazy developer I am, always calculating the best way to do less work, I had to spend some time on the component's development in order to gain some time later one when using it.

The new Joomla PHP Pages Component now comes with HTML/PHP/JavaScript code syntax highlighting (provided by the awesome CodeMirror project). Other User Interface fixes were made to make developing  PHP Pages faster and simpler.

The code is currently very alpha, but works pretty well as far as I can see. Go download it if you haven't already. Trust me, if you use Joomla as much as I do, it will make your life a lot easier.