php geeks

[TheApostate]

now that i'm out of school i'm going to focus a lot of time learning php
what editor do you suggest, preferrably something that does color coding, or anything else that can help a |\|()()|3

[wsjb78]

I just love EditPlus2

it does color-coding (for PHP / HTML / JS / JSP / ASP)... you can set many settings there but it's very intuitive to use!

[swedguy]

I used Emacs for all PHP coding before.
When I started using Wintendo I went over to use HomeSite, there's probably a cheaper editor out there that does the job but I like it.
It has Color coding, function insight, and more

[VooMan]

Yeah, I've got to cast my vote for Edit Plus 2 as well. Best editor I've ever used... Finally got our designer using it as well!

[hyper]

wordpad you want color? change fonts

[MikeEP]

Homesite..

[ServerGenius]

There is only real editor......UltraEdit and it ROCKS!!!
ww.ultraedit.com just chec out the features!

DynaMite

[buran]

I'm gonna have to go ahead and, uh, disagree with everyone else. ;)

vim6 will color your php. And you can edit your code on the server, so you can alt-tab, ctrl-f5 to test your results. you save the whole "uploading to server" step.

Of course, vi isn't for everyone, but if you take the time to learn it, it's the fastest editor available. You don't ever have to take your fingers off the home row. (well, except to hit escape)

it's a thing of beauty. ;)

There's also a Zend IDE, zend.com, if i were going to go the IDE route that's what I'd use, since you'd actually get the syntax and debugging benefits.

[toddler]

Originally posted by buran
I'm gonna have to go ahead and, uh, disagree with everyone else. ;)

vim6 will color your php. And you can edit your code on the server, so you can alt-tab, ctrl-f5 to test your results. you save the whole "uploading to server" step.

Of course, vi isn't for everyone, but if you take the time to learn it, it's the fastest editor available. You don't ever have to take your fingers off the home row. (well, except to hit escape)

it's a thing of beauty. ;)

There's also a Zend IDE, zend.com, if i were going to go the IDE route that's what I'd use, since you'd actually get the syntax and debugging benefits.

i'm with buran on this one, vim/vi is the way
to go....and not pico!

t

[kmanrox]

hey aprostate, now that you are out of skool, you can concentrate on learning how to successfully IMG SRC signature buttons bro =P

[mike503]

don't bother learning, there's enough php coders in the world to win the war on terrorism.. leave the php coding to experienced folk and pay for quality work..

[Alky]

Originally posted by toddler



i'm with buran on this one, vim/vi is the way
to go....and not pico!

t

true that

[Ace-Ace]

Notepad all the way...!

[Script Dude]

I use BBEdit, which may not help you because I think it may be a macintosh only editor.

It does syntax coloring for PHP. (As well as HTML, Perl, etc...)

It integrates very well with dream weaver.

It has very nice FTP integration with a Open from FTP server and Save to FTP server commands that let you edit files in place on your server.

I also like the find differences (diff) command for comparing two versions of a file (usually one on my hard drive and one the server.)

The multi file search and replace with regular expressions is also very handy.

I used Multi-edit for 6-7 years while I was programming on the PC. It is a decent editor, but I like BBEdit much better.

The only think that Multi-edit did that I haven't figured out how to do in BBEdit yet is the column selection mode.

I also use vi occasionally for the quick fix on the server.

I'll put in a plug for the mac with OS X: it makes a very good web development platform because it is essentially a unix system and ships with Apache and PHP installed so you can easily use your local machine as a test server. Add Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and BBEdit and you have a very satisfying tool set.

[TheApostate]

kman, notice the text in the "button"

i like vim, i usually use it when i'm scripting in linux, it's difficult to get used to though