which editor to use for php

[scratch]

I am currently using bbedit (mac systems best text editor of all time) and golive. I know i will always use bbedit but was wondering what else is out there for managing websites, doing tables, uploading and the like. Golive says it supports php but it seems to want to install .html files and have my iis server interpret them as php.

I was wondering what people like. Why is dreamweaver the undisputed king for sites. What is used on windows systems ( is there a bbedit equivalent)

Does dreamweaver have any support for php.

Are there any php centric editors out there. What do you like about your editor.

[jatar_k]

bbedit, I would say, is the best editor around in concert with anarchie for ftp. I am confined to a pc though and prefer textpad and cute. It is a great combo.

Two others I have heard about and messed with a bit are hapedit (ok but much prefer textpad) and maguma studio which I haven't had much time to mess around with yet.

[st2xo]

check out MED for Windows, MED for OS/2
Available only in german!

Stefan

[edited by: jatar_k at 10:50 pm (utc) on Dec. 12, 2002]
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[sun818]

I suggest EditPlus. They include a syntax highlighting file for PHP.

[jezra]

I've been using a dreamweaver on the Mac and PC for creating webpages, but when I need to code in all PHP I use jedit(jedit.org) on the PC. It's a quality opensource app with plenty of plugins, syntax highlighting for a gaggle of different languages, and so on. because it requires java 2 it won't run on Mac OS9, OSX should be no problem however.

[shady]

Just tried jedit on XP. I downloaded java runtime from sun then was able to run the .jar installation file for jedit (latest stable version).

Unfortunately, every time I try to run jedit, or simply start java, it blue screens! (First time I've ever seen a blue screen in XP).

Needless to say, I've decided that if MS don't want us running java on our PCs, I'll take the hint and uninstalled it!

[shady]

Just loaded EditPlus - Excellent :)

[lorax]

I use NuSphere's PHP Advantage. Not only does it have color coding but watches and a debugger. Very powerful app.

[jamesyap]

I am using UltraEdit 9.0, it will highlight all php syntax and has lots of powerful freature such as indent ... startup loading is fast, opening big files (such as apache log files) has no delay too.

[dingman]

(X)Emacs! It's even available for Windows :)

[scratch]

Well ive been doing some experimenting since i posted this. BBedit now rules my life. It has syntax coloring for php and mysql after some rumaging around the net. There is also an applescript in the menu available to look up functions in the manual.

www.rtlabs.com is where i got mysql coloring
php is native, but using google you can find patches to improve a good thing.

Dreamweaver and Golive both support previews of php code by linking somehow to the server. Dreamweaver work okay, but golive requires .html files be able to process php code which i will not do on my server...i like to always end in .php. For all intents and purposes golive does not work in this regard.

BBedit also links to Dreamweaver and it alows you to jump back and forth between the 2 programs editing the same file, and each manages to stay current with what you just did.

Dreamweaver also is selling a $99 upgrade of somesort that allows better php support and an integrated php help system. I have not tried it due to lack of funds, but it seems like the way to go for dreamweaver php editors. Please post if you've tried it, i'd love to know if it's worth it.

Dreamweaver still seems to mangle my code, even though it's autocorrect is adjusted to not mangle php files. Golive seems much faster in this regard. Golive is much slower for large sites than dreamweaver taking 5-10 minutes to load my current site which has a lot of opensource projects inside.

Thanks for recommending editors on windows, i needed something on that platform that works so i can edit files directly on my server. Proedit seems pretty good, been using it off and on since windows 3.11.

I think i am gradually going to start only using bbedit but i am still jumping around. The other option i am looking at is the developer tools that come with OS X. I tend to work with a lot of files.

Anyway til later....

[edited by: jatar_k at 4:39 pm (utc) on Jan. 28, 2003]