Can anyone recommend a PHP editor?

[MHUK]

Hi,
I am fairly new to PHP. So far I have been writing my PHP programs in a text editor such as Notepad. Although this does not highlight any syntax errors, and sometimes it is useful to have PHP code highlighted in a different colour to HTML code etc, which Notepad cannot do. I am using an Apache server and therefore dont think MS FrontPage would work with PHP. I have heard of Zend. Does anyone have experience of this, or of any other editors for PHP that they can recommend? Please can you tell me the websites to download the editors and whether they are free or how much they cost?

Thank you for any help,
MHUK

 

[MHUK]

Sorry I forgot to mention I am on Windows 98. I am using an Apache Server and a MySQL database. If anyone can recommend an editor, please can you also mention the 'version' numbers (if any) as sometimes there are quite a few to choose from on the websites.

Thank you for any info,
MHUK

 

[AHinMaine]

Dreamweaver has some php support as well. No clue how much it costs. I know it works 'live' if you have apache and mysql installed locally, too. --
Andy

http://www.nachoz.com

 

[DaRNCaT]

I use dreamweaver MX, but if you go to a site like Zend, they have links to serveral very good editors that will work on most platforms. I suggest you try them out, they are GPL so won't cost you anything to use.
because they are built specifialy for PHP they will be you best choices Sometimes, when my code just won't behave, I take it outside and make it listen to britney spears music, and when it comes back it's really well behaved. I wonder if it's suffering from post tramatic stress syndrome now..

 

[spookie]

U can go for a nice editor called PHPEdit (latest ver0.6)
u can download it from

http://www.phpedit.com.

spookie
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I never set a goal because u never know whats going to happen tommorow.

 

[BB101]

I recommend textpad (

http://www.textpad.com),

simple and effective --BB

 

[skiflyer]

I recommend emacs with a major mode that supports PHP... simple, very powerful, and you get the pretty colors.

If you need links and a .emacs file to configure the major mode let me know.

-Rob

 

[Bastien]

look for context...a well desinged editor that supports way more then just php, like java, vb, python, etc Bastien

There are many ways to skin this cat,
but it still tastes like chicken

 

[BB101]

Komodo is quite good,

http://www.activestate.com,

if a little expensive. It does feel a little clunky compared to the streamlined nature of textpad tho. --BB

 

[jimoblak]

zend.com offers a free personal version of their editor in the download section (for non-commercial use).

I like to use PHPEd 2.96.1.2 which is free if you can find old copies of it on the net. Newer versions are commercial (I think NuSphere purchased it).

PHPEd and the Zend Development Environment offer FTP access so you can edit your files directly on your public server.

 

[MHUK]

Many thanks to all who responded to the request for a PHP editor.

Special thanks for mentioning EasyPHP. Although my French is not at UN level, it was reasonably straightforward to interpret their instructions.

The only tiny difficulty was working out that the

http://www folder

is treated as the home folder.

Otherwise - pretty good stuff.

 

[DaveShaw]

Crimson Edit is Very Good.

http://my.netian.com/~igkang/cedt345r.exe

It supports many languages and is fully customisable. For a review visit

http://www.download.com

and do a search for 'crimson edit' Thanx Dave Shaw!

 

[Lalli]

Check
SciTE:

http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html

(simple but nice)
and
HTML-Kit

http://www.chami.com/html-kit/

(Very useful and powerful)

-Cursed

 

[BigBadDave]

textpad, textpad, textpad, textpad:

http://www.textpad.com

Regards
David Byng

http://www.byngdesigns.co.uk

davidbyng@hotmail.com

 

[BB101]

Textpad i my one and only text editor --BB

 

[ianrs]

Try UltraEdit I swear by it although I use Dreamweaver MX there are text type things that only UltraEdit can dow well.

http://www.ultraedit.com

Ian

 

[Moooink]

editplus...

http://www.editplus.com

 

[danielhozac]

GEdit:

http://gedit.sourceforge.net/

//Daniel

 

[gagz]

VIM -

http://www.vim.org

if you like vi as much as I do! good for any os. (i use it on windows)

 

[hisham]

http://php.weblogs.com/editors