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Free PHP editors?

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  • 27-11-2004 4:26am
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    The_B_Man
    Registered Users Posts: 7,868 ✭✭✭


    im learning PHP for my project this year. im using iis but i need an editor. does anyone know a good one that i can get for free? i was using notepad but its crap for a beginner. thanx.


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    fatherdougalmag
    Registered Users Posts: 1,391 ✭✭✭fatherdougalmag


    I use SlickEdit which parses a whole heap of languages. There's Eclipse but you'll probably have to work at it. You might go the extra mile and look for a full blown PHP IDE which will let you edit and debug.

    Actually, come to think of it, did you even do a basic Google search? There's tonnes of the damn things. Including this.

    Bloody students Ted.


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    Mutant_Fruit
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    afaik Emacs will parse PHP and give you nice colours when coding.


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    Syth
    Registered Users Posts: 1,865 ✭✭✭Syth


    I use Vim for my coding needs. (Well I use Vim for all my needs.) It will do syntax highlighting and indentation and all that. However it has a steep learning curve. But once you start using it, you'll wonder how you lived without it.


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    Baz_
    Registered Users Posts: 2,660 ✭✭✭Baz_


    just downloaded this http://hapedit.free.fr/hapedit.php and I have to say its looking damn good for the first opening, give it a try sure and its completely free.


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    Random
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    Context is another program you could google for, or textpad. They have syntax highlighters for php...


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    Something
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    I quite like pspad, tis quite a nice editor, loads fast, has some auto completion for html, and quite a few other features. As well as some project management stuff.


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    eoin5
    Registered Users Posts: 2,141 ✭✭✭eoin5


    Html-kit, loads of extensions, just get all the php ones and away you go: http://www.chami.com/html-kit/


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    fragile
    Registered Users Posts: 834 ✭✭✭fragile


    If you are using Linux have a look at Bluefish.

    jEdit is an excellent editor that is Java based and will run on almost any platform (Windows, Linux, OS X etc.), and it is very extensible with a large selection of plugins.


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    kenmc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,276 ✭✭✭kenmc


    I use JEdit.
    but anything will do for PHP - it's only text at the end of the day - you don't have to compile it nor nothin'


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    nahdoic
    Registered Users Posts: 944 ✭✭✭nahdoic


    It's free for the first 21 days - and is definitely the best. Zend studio. Perhaps if you are just a student you could get a copy of it from someone ... until you can afford to buy it :)


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    fragile
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    nahdoic wrote:
    It's free for the first 21 days - and is definitely the best. Zend studio. Perhaps if you are just a student you could get a copy of it from someone ... until you can afford to buy it :)

    197,24 EUR for an editor for a student project :eek: are you insane :confused:

    I know Zend is so much more than an editor, but for a student who is going to spend a few months on a project it is complete overkill


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    Trizo
    Registered Users Posts: 340 ✭✭Trizo


    i always use EditPlus 2 for php


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