editing php

[The Dreaded Lurgy]

Hi can anyone suggest a free program that is good for novices to edit php files, something that is really simple to use would be good!

Cheers, Jon

 

[mike1337]

aptana studio

 

[Leo-InstallingIT]

Hi

Any text editor will allow you to edit the PHP files.

Notepad will do it, but I would recommend PsPad if you are on a PC & TextWrangler for mac.

I hope this helps,

Many Thanks

Leo

 

[DanHarrison]

I like ConTEXT for Windows, fast and easy. Good for other languages too.

Dan

 

[edmondscommerce]

notepad++ is my favourite windows text editor

http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

 

[That Guy]

notepad++ is my favourite windows text editor

http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

Another vote for Notepad++

 

[The Dreaded Lurgy]

Thank you I will check these out, Jon.

 

[dean5000v]

I use notepad++ for everything a simple light text editor with syntax high lighting is all you need.

I tend to stay away for web applications that do the work for you because you have less control over your code.

 

[liams7]

Get zend, Its not free but fook me its amazing.

 

[stugster]

notepad++ is my favourite windows text editor

http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

Me too!

 

[Interconnect IT]

We use Komodo Edit, but looking to go towards the full IDE at some point.

Key thing is you can create projects and get proper contextual help for your functions, which is great if you're working with larger projects.

It's not super whizzy fast, but I can only type 60WPM so I guess that's OK

 

[edmondscommerce]

for full IDE i would go for netbeans..

tried a few and settled on netbeans as the best compromise between features and performance (and the fact is FOSS)

 

[BusinessIdeas]

Of the recommends, which ones are wysiwyg?

 

[edmondscommerce]

none

you dont wyswyig edit PHP.

this is because PHP is for creating the logic of your page, not the look.

the HTML/CSS can be designed in a wysiwyg editor if needs be - but adding the logic for your page is something that you need to do as code.

 

[edmondscommerce]

what you see what you is getting

 

[ozbon]

You could kind of WYSIWYG in a full IDE setup- something like PHPDesigner or DreamWeaver.

Personally I still prefer hand-coding PHP rather than using an IDE - although I use PHPDesigner on occasion - and tend to stick to either TextPad or CrimsonEditor for that.

 

[rosszero]

I second Zend. It displays tooltip suggestions to auto-complete built-in PHP functions, and also any variables or functions you've created that you currently have scope to. No double-checking PHP.net for common function names or wandering if you have access to a particular function etc.

The best free alternative is PHPEclipse, but it's not the easiest IDE to setup!

For now, use Notepad++ for writing bits of PHP, and graduate onto PHPEclipse when you're confident enough to write a fully fledged site.