What PHP Editor Do You use?

I use Deramweaver MX - it comes with a price tag, but it does make your PHP (and webdesign) programming much easier.

I personally have purchased and use Zend Studio; it does everything that you listed above ;)

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I use TextMate (a Mac editor). It supports your "required list for PHP editor" requirements. At least, I can type in exp, hit a key, select explode from a list of possible PHP tags (in this case, there is only one probably, so it will auto-choose that). and will add the syntax between the (). Also, it colors, and indents.

Interested? Check www.macromates.com ;) Note that it's a Mac editor. NOT for windows.

wowszer, $799 for zend studio is out of my budget and even dreamweaver is pricey, and I don't have a mac

great suggestions, but nothing yet for a poor windows user ;)

thanks all so far.

Has anyone tried Rapid PHP(http://www.blumentals.net/rapidphp/)? Sounds nice and the price is rather low.

I'm not much of a coder, so I use a simple freeware editor for my small needs.

@tobsy - haven't tried that one but it looks good and cheap

@all - holy crap they have a whole site on the issure

http://www.php-editors.com/

Hey Koen, speaking of PHP editors, I was wondering something about PHP scripting. I have seen scripts around the net for Youtube Clones (to build a site that enables users to upload videos to your server and arrange your page with the proper content and look).

Is that something that is hard to implement? I'd love to set that up on one of my sites to build good traffic. Let me know your thoughts.

Thanks

Crimson Editor is what I use on Windows. Its free, has syntax highlighting, and is simple. :) I really enjoy it.

thanks dave, installed it

I run HTML Kit. There's a plugin for PHP code which would at least allow you to click on the right option and it would insert your code plus syntax. Alternatively you could set up your own auto complete code in the options. It would take a while but once done it could be quite handy.

As for colouring, I've got my variables and loops in different colours. Have you tried altering your colours in the preferences section? My variables are bright red compared to a navy blue for if/while/for/foreach etc.

I've yet to find a better (and stable) PHP editor for windows (however I'll be looking at Crimson editor too!).

I use NotePad++, and it does autocompletion, colors code, I'm not sure but I think it might do the auto-indent... it makes life MUCH easier.

Also a nice feature is multiple files in tabs... plus the program will "remember" what you had open when you closed it, making starting and stopping work easy.

Free, Open, and there is a PortableApps version.

thanks for the suggestion wiseguy.

finally got around to trying this today and notepad++ is far and away the best editor I've tried yet ;)

I use Notepad++, its a free editor that can be found on sourceforge.

How about Codegear Delphi for PHP? This is one of the best PHP development environments around (this is not merely an editor, it's a complete IDE) It has won a few "best tool of the year awards". The IDE itself is based on Borland's decade long proven and extremely successful Delphi.

Tobsy,

I use Rapid PHP. Well, actually I use WeBuilder, which is the same as RapidPHP but with support for more languages. It is really good. It is super easy to use and intuative. It does not have all the features of a full blown IDE like Eclipse or Zend Studio, but it has enough for me. It stays out of the way and lets you get on with the coding, while having some really useful features that help you should you need it. I certainly recommend it.