[edit]FOR VIM - sorry, forgot to mention that the first time :queasy: [/edit]

If anyone's interested you can find a PHP5 syntax highlighting script here
Install it by copying it to the $VIMRUNTIME/syntax directory.

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    I used to just use the Source page on Adobe GoLive (CS), but lately I've been using Editplus for PHP. The color-coding for PHP is great, and its pretty simple too (easy on my little mind!).

      I use PHPCoder, DreamWeaverMX2004 and Finally Zend Studio 3.5 Since 3.0 Beta Version.

      But Like Dreamweaver MX 2004 Most.

        I use GoLive 6 for Mac OS X.

        What I like about GL aside from the fact that I am a newb to hard-core codin' and the fact that I own it (and paid a few $$$, I must say) and aside from the fact that I am a graphic designer - 10 yrs.+, converting to programming, therefore more visual oriented, etc, -- GL provides sophisticated "site management".

        So, some debate a few posts ago about professionals using editors, etc, I don't think anyone can say yay or nay about anothers approach. period. But if one is interested in a more complete "package"-to-client (including visual theme and crossing the ts and dottin the is), I think that a program like GL is going to support that framework.

        PS: I was evaluating Zend Studio and I like the fact that you can have the same file open in GL and Studio and changes made in GL automatically are updated in studio -- right into the line itself! And I like how my own classes methods functions are auto-helped-to-completion on the fly. But I agree, it is a tad memory intensive -- probably need a 1GHz processor to work really nice.

          PHPCoder .... its lightweight . I worked on DreamWeaver before ..... its good but very heavy .
          Gosh must try VIM .... I see a lot of following here!

          Greg

            I use kate under Linux. Its PHP highlighting is generally good, but doesn't autocomplete or anything fancy like that.

            Supports code folding but I never use that

            I'm still on the look-out for a really good editor though, PHP Eclipse is a possibility (Although a little heavy, my machine doesn't really have enough memory)

            Mark

              i use Dreamweaver MX 2004 under windows xp.. being using different versions of dreamweaver for two years now.. i'm loving it🙂

                i use Dreamweaver MX 2004 under windows xp.. being using different versions of dreamweaver for two years now.. i'm loving it🙂

                  Do you double use it or is that a post for each year of use? :p 😉

                    lol.. sorry about that, i double clicked on the submit button.. does this forum has a flood control?

                      Well, it's supposed to but it seems to forget every now and then and let one through

                        Originally posted by gregmiller
                        Gosh must try VIM .... I see a lot of following here!

                        One of the real advantages to vim, and the main reason I use it for my coding, is that it's on the server. Well, every nix or BSD server I use has it. I don't have to install it on my computer then FTP my files or any of that good stuff. Just ssh into the server, write the script, and I'm done. Beyond all that, it's the most powerful text editor I've found.

                          5 days later

                          can't beat joe... lovely editor, i'm not into all these fangled 'features' - just a nice simple one does the job.

                          p.s. anyone noticed how old this thread is?

                            Originally posted by melody
                            p.s. anyone noticed how old this thread is?

                            Oh, yeah. At least, some of us, like the ones who were around when it started.

                            This is an interesting community. The board was rebuilt (was in summer two years ago?) and many of the old posts, when transferred, lost data about "whom" and possibly "when".

                            Since that time, people have become "regulars", some threads have become "classics*", and this is one of 'em. It's mentioned in the "Echo Lounge FAQ", for example.

                            If you read through the archives, you'll see where some of us also finally realized that leaving a poll "open ended" in terms of time was potentially not such a Good Thing(tm) because it means that ancient threads keep popping back to the front of the forum if someone votes on 'em. I pretty sure that's happened here.

                            Maybe it'd be interesting to see if anybody's got a mail filter set on the title of this thread...

                            dalecosp
                            Archaeologist, dinosaur, resident historian wannabe...

                            * Yeah, that's a rather loose use of the term, I think we all know...

                              a month later

                              I use My very own BigLew WebSite Builder Tools Created Specifically by me For Me!! I think it is the only answer for a hardcore web designer. Give two weeks then check out http://www.biglew.co.uk and I will have screenshots posted.

                              The two weeks is because until then I'm taking my site offline for maintainance.

                              ps you guys should get Envelop Basic or Visual Basic cos they are great for RAD development so any changes can be added

                                a month later

                                i use notepad2 for quick and dirty editing, and actually made it my default for most programming

                                it has a stay on top option, and very nice syntax colouring for several languages

                                you can get it here, they do have a few screenshots -

                                it is small, no install (comes with reg edit keys to add functionality, though its not necessary to run it), and very fast to load

                                  anyone use NuSphere PhpED? i want an editor that will speed up development and the two bigs ones seem to be this and Zend studio. If it can improve my development time by 5%-10% then it will be well worth the cost.

                                    Just downloaded a PHP dev tool from sourceforge, looks very interesting, here's the blurb

                                    Dev-PHP is a full-featured IDE for PHP. It is fast, it is powerful, it is easy to use and it has a lot of cool features like a class browser, an internal browser to preview scripts and full integration with the PHP parser and the PHP-GTK library

                                    Comes with PHP 5.0 so it's a chance to get up to speed with the new class libraries. I'll ley you know how I get on with it.

                                      a month later

                                      Darn, was it on 19 April last year that I posted about starting to use Win32Pad as my general purpose text editor for MS Windows?

                                      I've stuck with Win32Pad, but I have been looking around for text editors similiar to it (in certain ways peculiar to myself), and yet are licensed under an Open Source license.
                                      Notepad++, licensed under the GPL, seems to fit the bill, but it has much larger an executable than Win32Pad.
                                      At least I can compile it from my own computer, I suppose 🙂

                                        6 days later

                                        I'm using Notepad++, covers, java, sql, C, C++, C#, HTML, xml, ini, perl, python, pascal, XML, javascript and more

                                        When i downloaded it; was free

                                        Get it from Sourceforge