What's the best PHP editor?

[fubowl]

IYHO, what is the best, free, php editor? I'm curious as I've just been using notebook for the last couple of years and am finally ready for some pretty colour codes.

 

Thanks.

[dooper3]

I use notepad 2, but there are so many out there that it's really just a case of download one and they're all pretty similar. You can get notepad 2 here:

 

http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html

[jscix]

Eclipse with the php addon is good, but I prefer Notepad++

[speaker219]

I use phpedit (http://www.waterproof.fr/products/PHPEdit/)

You have to pay for it but it's totally worth it.

[dbo]

Text editor (windows): Notepad++

Text editor (linux): Kate

 

IDE: Eclipse

 

I also hear that there is a decent free editor just released from ActiveState: http://www.activestate.com/Products/komodo_edit/

 

I've not personally used this one though. There is a bit of a learning curve but having banged out code in text editors for a lot of years... finding a nice IDE is the only way to go IMO.

 

[Crew-Portal]

I Use Dreamweaver 8 I Wont Upgrade To CS3 Cause I Dont Want To Spend 200 Dollars! lol

but for C++ I Use Bloodshed - Dev C++

Html I Just Use Notepad

And XML I Still Use Dreamweaver 8

[fubowl]

Thank you all for your replies. I'll try 'em out.

[ss32]

i like dreamweaver and notepad++ for windows, but on my ubuntu partition i use a nifty program called Quanta plus.

[SH]

To Whom it may Concern:

 

Could someone tell me a step by step process of how to use PHP?

 

Sincerely your,

 

 

 

Sean Holmes

seanholmes20032003@yahoo.com

 

S. H.

[dbo]

Yes... right after we give you a step by step for creating a space ship.

[ss32]

@SH:  here you go- my million step guide to learning and using php.

 

1- download php

2- download apache

3- install apache

4- apache install doesn't seem to work.  install again.

5- install one more time.

912- apache worked, install php.

12412- realize that this doesn't really work on windows (and is frustrating to do so), go to Linux

12413- apache, php, and mysql is up and running

12414- learn php.

1000000- code a cms system.

[decypher]

True apache annoyed me for 6hours before I gave up and got Abyss

[Crew-Portal]

Dont Be So Mean, After You Build That Spaceship And Install PHP & MySQL You Should Be Able To Start Off Scripting

 

1. echo function: This Function Allows You To Post information And To Display Variable Results! But We'll Go Into

 

Variables Later. Simply Type

<?php echo ('Hello World'); ?>

...The <?php and the ?> Tags are used to tell the browser that this part of the script is going to be using php.

 

The echo tag is used to tell the browser it is about to display data (you can also use the print tag instead of

 

echo they both do the same thing is just a matter of prefrence!) Next the (' Tags tell the browser you are about to

 

display text which in this case is "Hello World" (Once again you can use ' or " tags to start and end echo

 

statement it is just a matter of prefrence.) And Finally the '); tag tells the browser to stop reading the data and

 

to display the results. The Result should just be an arial text in size 12pt font saying "Hello World"

 

2. Comments: Use these to display information about your code this information will not be displayed by the browser

 

you can use tags such as

<?php
// This Is A Comment But It only Works one One Line Of Code!
/*
This Is A Comment
It Is Good For Multiple Lines
Of Code Best For Complicated 
programming
*/
?>

 

3. Variables: Variables are for showing a series of code without contantly rewriting it. Variables are good if you

 

are going to display the same line of text over and over of if the variable changes such as by changing a page

 

could change the variable text.

<?php
$test1 = 5;
echo ($test1);
// Is Equivalent To...
echo ('5');
?>

notice in the echo I did not put colons (' or ") Because we are displaying a variable not text.

 

4. Comparason Rules: Comparason see if 2 variables or one variable text is the same, is not the same, less than,

 

greater than, contains a value, or does not contain a value!

<?php
// Lets say that variable j is equivalent to 10 so we write
$j = 10;
//Now We See If j equals 10
if ($j == 10){
  echo ('yes');
}
else { echo ('no'); }
//Now Lets See If Variable j equals 11
if ($j == 11){
  echo ('yes');
}
else { echo ('no'); }
//Lets see if variable j equals itself
if ($j === $j){
  echo ('yes');
}
else { echo ('no'); }
// Thats egnouph for Comparason
?>

 

5. if, elseif, and else Functions: These functions as seen above are very straight forward you can see how thier

 

done in the previous example but if you dont get it I will show again

<?php
$jack = 'jack';
if ($jack == jack){
  echo ('Your Name Is Jack');
}
elseif ($jack == 'mary'){
  echo ('your name is mary');
}
elseif ($jack == 'bob'){
  echo ('your name is bob');
}
else { echo ('Your Name Is' . $jack); }
?>

What this script did is check the variable jack and see if its value is jack and because it is it displays your

 

name is jack. But if you change the variable jack to mary it will say your name is mary! And so on through all the

 

elseif statements and if all the elseif statements are false as in the variable does not display any of them it

 

will jump to the else clause which will display the approaprate name for the variable such as billy, or joe, or

 

johnny.

 

6. I Am Tired Of Scripting I Am Going To Get A Coffee And I Will be Back!

 

7. Need More Help Scripting Please contact me at IVA_350@intva.com or if you have AIM I would be happy to help you through there my AIM is n350catyc and anyone can contact me for information it doesnt only have to be SH but I am always happy to share my wisdome (Which is not that much I started writing php about 2 months ago) I know alot more than what I posted here tonight but it is hard to explain what they write 1500 page books on in 7 categorys but feel free to contact and good luck! Welcome into the scripting family you are now umong millions!

 

<?php
/*
Welcome SH Php is your friend when you want it to be! Dont trry to cram information into your head but let it soak in though PHP 
Freaks and books and online tutorials! The best way I found to learning php is to read the book "SAMS Teach yourself PHP, Mysql And 
Apache all in one" just so you know I am in no way affiliated with that book I am just promoting it because it helpedme in a lot of ways 
that I am sure will help you as well! The World needs more programmers but at least now there is one more
*/
?>

 

***This entire post was written by N350CA You may use it in other posts as long as if this text remains at the bottom!

[markjoe]

On Windows I use Crimson Editor.

http://www.crimsoneditor.com/

It supports lots of languages and auto detects language.

It does alot of handy little things like help track opening and closing parentheses and braces, and auto indents for conditionals.

I havn't used very many editors, but after using Crimson, I feel no need to try any other.

 

On Mac, I have yet to find a free editor I really like. I currently use Taco HTML edit (which supports HTML and PHP only). But I can't say it's all that great.

[brent123456]

@SH:  here you go- my million step guide to learning and using php.

 

1- download php

2- download apache

3- install apache

4- apache install doesn't seem to work.  install again.

5- install one more time.

912- apache worked, install php.

12412- realize that this doesn't really work on windows (and is frustrating to do so), go to Linux

12413- apache, php, and mysql is up and running

12414- learn php.

1000000- code a cms system.

 

Why not just install xampp? Works out of the box with windows and save yourself the the hair pulling.

[Hypnos]

With all of the people mentioning Eclipse, you should be aware that there are two different plugins for PHP on Eclipse.

 

1. PHPEclipse - The original PHP eclipse plugin.

2. PDT - Started by Zend. Starting to get mature.

 

I use PHPEclipse myself. I like seeing a preview of what I'm coding without alt-tabing. The code hinting on PDT has come a long way though, and it seems like it's being more actively developed than PHPEclipse.

 

Just for editing a file, I use Notepad++. Simple, light, code highlighting, macros, and they just started adding basic code hinting.

[lewis987]

i use dreamweaver CS3 along with PHP debugger.

[dooper3]

I agree, xampp is a lot easier to install if you're just wanting it for test purposes. I've spent hours buggering around with manual installs of apache/php/mysql in the past, and it's a huge waste of time when all you want to do is test your scripts, get xampp!

 

Plus it means that million step guide to learning php is more like 10 (where ten is get out of this forum and read up on it)!

[dbo]

Yeah... depends on what you're doing with it, but there are all sorts of utilities like this. Another for example is wamp. These are not good for any type of production environment though and are typically running wide open.

[spode]

i use Programmer's Notepad because its brilliant for like every coding language, and its constantly being updated for the new ones...i'd check it out

[ss32]

@SH:  here you go- my million step guide to learning and using php.

 

1- download php

2- download apache

3- install apache

4- apache install doesn't seem to work.  install again.

5- install one more time.

912- apache worked, install php.

12412- realize that this doesn't really work on windows (and is frustrating to do so), go to Linux

12413- apache, php, and mysql is up and running

12414- learn php.

1000000- code a cms system.

 

Why not just install xampp? Works out of the box with windows and save yourself the the hair pulling.

 

i didnt learn that until too late )=.  oh well, php has been running for about 6 years for me, so nothing too bad came out of it.