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PHP Editor

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  • 30-10-2007 2:02pm
    #1
    di11on
    Registered Users Posts: 1,262 ✭✭✭


    Hey folks,

    Can anyone recommend a decent php editor/IDE. I'm assuming I'll have to pay a few yoyo for a decent one. I'm currently using an old beta version of PHP designer Linky.

    Can I do much better than this without shelling out a stack load? The version of phpDesigner that I'm using can't handle includes if the filenames are variables... anyone know of something that can? What do the big boys use? What would be used in the big open source projects for example?

    Thanks in advance


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    forbairt
    Registered Users Posts: 3,594 ✭✭✭forbairt


    Eclipse is your best bet in my opinion http://www.eclipse.org/pdt/


    failing that go with hmm... ZendStudio ... but there you are forking out 200+


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    di11on
    Registered Users Posts: 1,262 ✭✭✭di11on


    Thanks Forbairt - appreciate that.


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    forbairt
    Registered Users Posts: 3,594 ✭✭✭forbairt


    di11on wrote: »
    Thanks Forbairt - appreciate that.

    No problem ... I think there is a 30 day trial of zend studio from their website ..


    There is also http://www.zend.com/products/zend_studio/eclipse?hpb=studio-eclipse-beta-main available from them but again its commercial


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    ethernet
    Registered Users Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    If you'd settle for a plain and simple text editor, I'd suggest jEdit.


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    Malice
    Registered Users Posts: 15,065 ✭✭✭✭Malice


    I've used Maguma Studio and PHP Designer in the past. They're both free and straightforward to use. I would recommend checking them out. I keep coming back to UltraEdit though :).


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    BRENSH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 67 ✭✭BRENSH


    I think you should (personally) develop php yourself. Use a text editor with sytax highlighter and a web browser. Learning php yourself is the best way forward. It is like any programming language, actually it is quiet easy to learn. If you have any problems there are many sites out there to help. i.e thescripts.com


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Notepad++ FTW.

    And not just for PHP


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    GoneShootin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,478 ✭✭✭GoneShootin


    PSPAD owns all your bases.

    http://www.pspad.com/en/


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    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    EditPad Pro does the trick down here..


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    squibs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 975 ✭✭✭squibs


    I'm on HTML KIT - potent and lots of add-ons available to customise it. I really need to read more of the documentation to get the best out of it though.


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    tommycahir
    Registered Users Posts: 2,593 ✭✭✭tommycahir


    GoneShootin wrote: »
    PSPAD owns all your bases.

    http://www.pspad.com/en/

    Just have to recommend PSPad, has all they syntax highlighting and has inbuilt FTP and macro recording facilities


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    di11on
    Registered Users Posts: 1,262 ✭✭✭di11on


    Thanks for all the suggestions guys.

    Is PHP Designer 2007 really free? I installed it and it wants me to register for €39... or something. Not a lot, I know. But not nothing either.

    Trying to get eclispse working with wamp on my local machine. No luck so far. I could read through the enormous tutorials but that's hardly the traditional way :)


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    Malice
    Registered Users Posts: 15,065 ✭✭✭✭Malice


    di11on wrote: »
    Is PHP Designer 2007 really free? I installed it and it wants me to register for €39... or something. Not a lot, I know. But not nothing either.
    The 2006 edition was definitely freeware. I see from their downloads page that they are offering a free trial of the 2008 edition but the 2007 edition is also available. It doesn't seem to be asking for money anywhere when I run the 2007 version of the application. It's quite possible that I have missed something though :).


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