Editor used for PHP

[ddrfreek]

I've just been using basic notepad to edit and create all of my files, but I find it annoying to pinpoint what line my error is on when the server reads out a parse error or something like that. Are there any (free) programs that you guys use that you think might be better?

[NogDog]

I use HTML-Kit. I'm not claiming it's the best, just that it's what I'm used to (and the price is right: free).

[ddrfreek]

Hmm..looks interesting. Does it count rows?

[BlackList]

I dont know of any free, I use Dreamweaver but its smart that you learned on Notepad. You will be all the wiser later on.

[NogDog]

ddrfreek wrote:

Hmm..looks interesting. Does it count rows?

It shows line numbers in the left margin, if that's what you mean.

[ddrfreek]

bradgrafelman wrote:

By the way, did you try searching the board before posting this topic? It's been covered very extensively countless times before:

http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?t=10333771
http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?t=10298694
http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?t=10209798
etc.

Sorry, I didn't think to check the echo lounge.

[dougal85]

halojoy wrote:

PHP Designer
is a very nice Free editor: http://www.mpsoftware.dk/phpdesigner.php
🙂

Free? doesnt seem to be. :-/

[rincewind456]

There is a Free personal version!

[IBMJohn]

I use Komodo for PHP, Perl, and HTML.

[cyberlew15]

Well I have already posted my PHP editor of choice somewhere But for your AJAX, CSS, (x)HTML etc needs Try APTANA, its free and very feature rich, and tells you which browsers code works in

[dougal85]

Wow, sounds cool. Thanks for the tip... i'm downloading it now. 🙂

The fact that its got an eclipse plug-in version is a bonus too.

[rodneykm]

I've never understood why anyone would want to use notepad over even a basic editor that has syntax highlighting. It's just much easier to read.

[leatherback]

rodneykm wrote:

I've never understood why anyone would want to use notepad over even a basic editor that has syntax highlighting. It's just much easier to read.

Yeah, agreed. I use notepad++ for the highlighting

[SuPerNoVi]

I use Dreamweaver myself

[Horizon88]

thorpe wrote:

vim.

^ truth.

[hezll]

phpedit it's very good ,intellgence aoto complete,code hylightling ,integrated debugging. and the best reason :FTP server ,i can use it for FTP server source code development in any where

[rincewind456]

hezll wrote:

phpedit it's very good ,intellgence aoto complete,code hylightling ,integrated debugging. and the best reason :FTP server ,i can use it for FTP server source code development in any where

Hopefully it does spell checking as well. 😃

[mvhemanth]

Trillian Codepad is NOT FREE
after download it is a 15 day trial

deceptive advertising

[phpnewbiedublin]

i use phpdesigner2008 its great prints out colour code, tests on localhost and can view output with out having to open ie has php manual installed great for a mature student. Can be used for other languages as well. TextPad is great as well for cold coding

[bateman]

I tend to like AceHTML. I've used it since it was free (1998 I think) It comes with the ability to use a php parser, has a spell check, some basic scripts, and best of all, highlight and syntax checking. Internal browser for html and java but will work if you have the parser running with php.

Downside It cost $75 USD for the pro version. There is a free version but it only has very (VERY) basic functions.