PHP Editor?

[MarkPearson]

my new website is being built in php.

I am only used to using htm and html and in the past have edited and made updates using frontpage which I found quite easy considering I quite an amature at webdesign etc.

My question is does anyone know a program that I can use to edit and add simple areas to my already designed website which is php?

[esynetics]

you can use anything so long as the file extensions are saved as .php rather than .htm or .html

[MarkPearson]

Can I use frontpage?

As it seems it can not work with php, it will not import them files

[William Wilson]

I'm at that stage as well Mark, I have Dreamweaver and it can edit php - pity I can't :(

[Rob Holmes]

Mark - if you just want to edit a few words then open the file in Notepad, make the amendments and save the changes (make a backup just in case)

Of get your web designer to make the changes - my gut feeling is that you are going to be busy with your new business and for the sake of paying your designer for a few minutes work you may well save an hour or 2 of heartache.

Hope this helps,

Rob

[The_JinJ]

Hi Mark

I quite like PSPad - http://www.pspad.com/ - it's got syntax highlighters for lost of programming languages and can auto indent etc to keep your code tidy. Oh and it's free :)

[Ravenfire]

I tend to just use notepad for mine

[William Wilson]

After a few hours I feel quite comfy with a text editor or Dreamweaver, taking it easy.

[odeniyi]

pspad as mentioned above is great - very powerful and FREE

[Ravenfire]

Ive just downloaded pspad to try :)

[ink4-u]

i use dreamweaver i am fairly new to PHP but as you get errors you learn PHP and it works out well in the end.

[huzzi]

http://www.htmlkit.com

[JoyDivision]

There is no right or wrong answer but I use Crimson Editor simply becuase it has snytax highlighting and the ability to manage projects.

Dreamweaver is fine but its £500 price tag is not, I can do the job just as well in a text editor which means I can pass on my savings to my customers.

PHP is a great language though, its easy enough to understand if you're not a software engineer and its poweful enough to do lots of complicated things in.

I have written a 16,000 word dissertation on .NET but I still prefer PHP for web development.

So to sum up if I had a legal version of Dreamweaver for free I would probably use it but its not worth it for me at the moment.

Notepad has to be better than Frontpage :).

[webit]

http://www.php-editors.com/review/

I use:

http://www.php-editors.com/review/?editor=24