Text editor

[trancedm]

i was wondering what text editor you guys are using to create/edit/view your php scripts, im just currently using notepad right now but i find it hard to edit my scripts

i can easily search into google but i was wondering if there's any specific one you guys suggest

thanx in advance

[VuurwerkX]

At http://www.download.com you have a large database of downloads, also HTML editors.
But i'm using Frontpage 2003 or just notepad.

[cooleo100d]

Hi,

I love Zend Studio. It has really good syntax highlighting, function completing...

http://zend.com/store/products/zend-studio/

~David

[Fou-Lu]

C:\Windows\notepad.exe
Nothing but :)

[Scrowler]

zend 4 dev enviroment beta
dreamweaver mx 2004
notepad
one i wrote :)

[marek_mar]

one i wrote :)
In PHP? :D

[SS2K4]

I sometimes use "Crimson Editor", it covers alot of languages and is easy to use!

[Digger3000]

Notepad is fine for php.

[firepages]

how , ok not how but why anyone would want to use Notepad for PHP defies me ?

I don't personally like code-completion or generation etc but syntax-highlighting and decent search and replace facilities I see as a must in any editor.

So thats stuff like editplus,notetab,crimson editor,scite,PHPedit,maguma ... aghh there is a long list , search this forum for similar threads as we have been here several times already.

[cooleo100d]

Firepages it right. Even like the most basic things like line numbering notepad lacks. I know in notepad you can use goto, but that's annoying when you just want to see what number a line is. Also, I find it very annoying when I want to open a few PHP files, and I have to keep on opening more notepads in order to keep more than one file open. Using notepad is kind of like settling for an ok way to edit files.

[trancedm]

ok i just downloaded crimson editor and its nice

i will try other text editors later

thanx guys

[Tangerine Dream]

i was wondering what text editor you guys are using to create/edit/view your php scripts, im just currently using notepad right now but i find it hard to edit my scripts
Hi, you should decide whether your need PHP editor only, PHP IDE or both. Visit PHP-Editors.com (http://www.php-editors.com/) - the great site with lots of really experienced users and replies on all IDEs & editors. IMHO the best:


All in one editor: UltraEdit (http://www.ultraedit.com/) (commercial, Win only, supports PHP, perl, JavaScript, HTML, SQL, Java, C#, etc languages syntax highlighting, keyword completion, user defined syntax files, conversions and many more)
HTML IDE: HTML-Kit (http://www.chami.com/html-kit/) (freeware|commercial, lots of 3rd party plugins)
PHP IDE: Komodo (http://www.activestate.com/Komodo) (commercial, quite expensive but really cool from developers of ActivePerl);; PHP Designer (http://www.mpsoftware.dk/phpdesigner.php) (freeware, but has some flaws and bugs)

[cyphix]

I agree with the others.... people who use notepad are insane LOL.... as others have mentioned there is jyust so many useful utiltities in other programs such as.. find & replace, open multiple files without having 10 windows open, go to line number functionality, color coding & a whole lot of other stuff.

Anyway... I use TextPad4.6 (www.textpad.com) & it seriously rocks!! :D

[marek_mar]

I agree with the others.... people who use notepad are insane LOL....
I use mircosoft word. You can color the code anyway you want, put it in tables and add images to it! :D Ok I don't but what more is there to say here? Add yet another prog to the list?

[Kurashu]

I use mircosoft word. You can color the code anyway you want, put it in tables and add images to it! :D Ok I don't but what more is there to say here? Add yet another prog to the list?

xD I would have to hit you if you were serious.

[JamieR]

wooh.....I use the code view of Dreamweaver MX 04 and Homesite for main coding, but notepad and crimson editor comes in handy sometimes. C'mon people - Microsoft word? :rolleyes:

I agree when people say Notepad is no good for hand coding because for effective coding, I think that you need some form of colour coding - as it is handy for finding errors in your code quicker and debugging. However, there are a lot of free text editors around on teh internet which are better suited for hand coding as they sport more features than notepad do.

~Jamie.

[marek_mar]

I droped notepad when I found dreamweaver (I don't use it anymore). I do use notepad (or wordpad becouse it sees the \n) sometimes becouse I don't want to wait for my real editor to load. Notepad has the goto and search and replace but without colorcoding is one of those things that helps you code faster becouse you can see some errors instantly. I don't imagine coding without the automatic indent. :D
xD I would have to hit you if you were serious.
Now why would you do such a cruel thing to someone that always tryes to help you and is probably younger than you (even if I would be using microsoft word)?

[4xz]

Ultraedit or VI(M)

[bend3r]

Zend works just fine but it takes too long to boot up for me. I know I'm impatient.

Try www.editplus.com I love that editor. It's a free trial (but the trial never really expires) and it's very light and easy to use. Good syntax highlighting too.

[Capono]

BBEdit rocks...

...but you would have to buy a Macintosh :thumbsup:

[trancedm]

thanx a lot guys, i'll try some of them and see which one i really like

[dannyhayes]

Hi,

I use crimson editor it is very good! ;)

[Rokas]

http://www.jedit.org/

best i ever found(actually others pointed it as best and i found that out too) and free.

[chiefbutz]

wow just downloaded Zend Trail, it is great, im buying this baby!