lawrencef Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 im quite new to php and have been learning it using dreamweaver and reading various php books. i self taught myself VBA and found the visual basic editor within excel very useful ie the ability to step into code and execute it one line at a time. this allowed me to find bugs as i wrote. dreamweaver doesnt have this functionality and im wondering what other people consider are the best php editors and why. and whether any php editors have this "step into" code functionality. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/101654-php-editor/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
AP81 Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Eclipse- as it has a built in debugger and has code hinting. Download the PHP plugin and you're all good to go Zend Studio is supposedly the best, but I have never used it. Most experienced PHP programmers I know use VIM, but be warned, there is a steep learning curve and it is an editor, not an IDE like Eclipse/Zend. If I have no other alternatives, I use Notepad++ (freeware) or UltraEdit, both of which run on Windows and have syntax highlighting. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/101654-php-editor/#findComment-520097 Share on other sites More sharing options...
haku Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Zend is the best I have used (and I have used many) BUT, its not the easiest software to use, and its pretty expensive (about 300 bucks the last time I checked). I downloaded VIM. I couldn't figure out what I was supposed to do with it. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/101654-php-editor/#findComment-520134 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueman378 Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 check out phpdesigner 2008 Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/101654-php-editor/#findComment-520153 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AP81 Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 VIM file.php The whole point of VIM is speed. Everything is done via the keyboard (no mouse). It can take a while (as in months) to master VIM, but when do you can code *really* fast. Watching someone who has mastered VIM is a spectacular site to see. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/101654-php-editor/#findComment-520302 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonsjava Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Zend Studio 5.5.1 or below is the best. the new Zend Eclipse, kinda hard to get the feel for. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/101654-php-editor/#findComment-520313 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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