Hi everyone.

I'm in real need of a decent PHP text editor that I can use on Mac OS X.

I've tried jEdit and don't really like it.

I've played with BBEdit a bit...but was just wondering what you all used?

I use UltraEdit on my Windows machine which is a dream...shame about the lack of an OS X version.

    No Mac OS X developers out there? All Windows/Linux?

      I used Jext-editor before I purchased DreamweaverMX. Its an editor which can be used for many languages. Its not as good as Dreamweaver for PHP coding but I liked it.

      Jext homepage

        I honestly think I have explored every possible php editor for OS X. I think I finally found a home. The best editor is Zend Studio http://zend.com

        Zend Studion is the best (but a little slow). Others worth mentioning are Eclipse with the phpeclipse plugin, Dreamweaver MX, VIM, and Quanta Gold.

          It sounds silly...but what I'm really missing is an editor that auto indents after the curly brackets { and then tabs back after closing a bracket.

          All the ones I've tried, I've had to tab manually...which is a pain.

          Does Zend Studio auto-tab?

          I did try downloading the demo - but I couldn't seem to get it to run.

            It does auto tab curlies. That's a sweet feature too. It also does code hints, outlines classess (even your own) and has excellent debugging. What version of OS X are you using and have done the Java 1.4 SDK upgrade?

            The newest version of Zend Studio is designed to run on OS X with the latest Java SDK as far as I know. I'm running it on a Power Book G4 400mgz and it's a little slow, but adequate. Let me know if you have any problems getting it to run.

              I use BBEdit on os X and have no problem with it. It does exactly what I need. I've tried Zend, but the price was prohibitive (and also very slow on my iMac). I've heard of people using dev tools (project manager- on install disk) with a php template, but I have yet to use it seriously.

              My suggestion is BBEdit.

                Do you know of a way so that it auto-tabs the curly's? That's the only thing stopping me from using any of these editors.

                Thanks Reformed, I got it up and running this time and it's great. The Auto-tab saves so much faffing about.

                  I agree that Zend is a bit slow on a Mac. Does bb have any type of parser plugins or anything? I like bb because it's likedy split fast and well built, but it doesn't manage projects well. I get burried in all of the floating windows. Do you know if there is a way to manage projects better with bb?

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