Best editor for PHP

[WiZARD]

PHP Expert Editor under Windows by Andrew Kalita.....

[Alexej Kubarev]

Still Zend Studio :P

[Alexej Kubarev]

sure...what options?

[Alexej Kubarev]

Zend Studio 4.0 has been announced and has been awarded a best editor finalist.. more details about this could be found at http://www.zend.com -- sorry justa really big Zend fan as a ilove their solutions to everything..

[groovenectar]

I'm not suprised that no one has mentioned PSPad; if it were more well known, I'm sure that more people would be recommending it. In my opinion, it's the best free editor out there, and the author is constantly adding features.

http://www.pspad.com/

I have written a blog post on my site that explains some reasons why I think it's the best.

http://www.soulpass.com/archives/2005/0 ... xt-editor/

Let me encourage you all to try it, and compare it with the editor that you use now. Take all things into consideration, including details such as the size of the program/load time and maybe even price.

I have tried many of the editors that have been mentioned in this thread, and have passed them off to the side. PSPad is one that I've stuck with because I have not found one better. Let me know if you find one that you feel is better!

[swirlee]

I'm not suprised that no one has mentioned PSPad; if it were more well known, I'm sure that more people would be recommending it. In my opinion, it's the best free editor out there, and the author is constantly adding features.

I'll admit, it does look fairly feature-rich. I may give it a try.

[Alexej Kubarev]

its ok... however still gonna stick with Zend Studio

however for those that cant afford to buy it -- PSPad seems like quite a good alternative..

Add a better IntelliSence to it and good debugger : it will be even better

[southriver]

i vote for zend studio.

[Alexej Kubarev]

Great Now what did you like th emost in ZS?
What version are you using?

[southriver]

I'm using version 4.0.1
strong point of Zend Studio :
- show database.
- connect FTP.
- quick debug (bug internal and bug server).
- ...
best regards

[Alexej Kubarev]

4.0.2 had some bug fixes and performance upgrades i suggest you download it
i never liked database connections in Zend... ever since Zend Studio 4 Beta i was a bit sceptic about it...

But i would say like this:

Inetrnal and External debuging
FTP access
GREAT Intellisence and autocomplete
Good Project manager
Profiling feature
Output window posts a HTML source which i like much more
SQL editor
CSS, XML, HTML editors build-in

And no: maguma and PHPEdit are worthles after yo have tried studio ^^

[WiZARD]

Use 2 editor PHP Expert Editor, Zend 4.0.2 and php 4.3.11

[Alexej Kubarev]

First of all: php4.3.11 is old and you cant make good OO apps with it as it still has pretty dull support for OOP
However i would recommend Zend Studio Server and Client for development machines, then use php5.0.4 or, even better get used to php 5.1 PDO as its very usefull and i really like it.

and PHP Expert Editor looks like a peace of crap... I tested it and it really was crap... sorry... just an opinion of a person that really knows how to choose an IDE ;)

[natio]

Never used a editor before im a simple notepad type of guy..hehe

[Alexej Kubarev]

well: notepad is usefull when developing small applications or scripts, but when going huge: you often need an IDE to make a life a bit easier. It helps you to speed up your development, plus some good IDE like Zend Studio checks your code for errors on the fly

[natio]

Very True, I shoud try too look into using editors, i just have been stuck and well stuborn on using notepad for everything i do. Which in most cases as you said "would speed up development" if using a editor.

[Alexej Kubarev]

supporting many languages has never been a positive side for professionals as they know that its best that the software developers should concentrate on making it great, not only good, for one language...

when they have to make it work with several languages: the quality drops... especially with free editions..

The ONLY IDE that i know, note: IDE, not editor like most of you say, that is good with several languages is Microsoft Visual Studio.NET 2003 and 2005 (BETA 2 is awsome)

[Alexej Kubarev]

PHPEdit = you cant be serious! it sucks like hell! I still dont get it why dont you use Zend Studio on Windows as well?
but anyways: PHPEdit ?! sooo consused and so on..

[WiZARD]

PHPEdit = you cant be serious! it sucks like hell! I still dont get it why dont you use Zend Studio on Windows as well?
but anyways: PHPEdit ?! sooo consused and so on..

Ñëûø ïåðåö áðàâûé!
Åñëè òû àäìèí íà ýòîì ôîðóìå, òàê ýòî íå çíà÷èò ÷òî ó òåáÿ åñòü ïîëíîå ïðàâî îáëèâàòü ãàâíîì äðóãèõ....
òû ïðîñòî íå èìååøü íà ýòî ïðàâî. Åñëè ó òåáÿ åñòü ñâîå ìíåíèå ïî ïîâîäó ZEND IDE âîò åãî âûñêàçûâàé....

Åñëè ÿ äîñòèãàþ ðåçóëüòàòà ïðè èñïîëüçîâàíèè PHP Expert Editor, à íå ZEND IDE, òàê ýòî ìîå ïîëíîå ïðàâî...
À ÷åëû ó êîòîðûõ ãëàâíûé ðåäàêòîð Áëîêíîò - ëàìåðüå. ïîòîìó ïðîôåññèîíàë è îòëè÷àåòñÿ îò ëàìåðà òåì ÷òî îí â ïðàâå äîñòè÷ êàêîãî-òî ðåçóëüòàòà, à ñ áëîêíîòîì îí ýòî áóäåò äåëàòü âñþ æèçíü. ãû!
È åñëè ìíå íå íðàâèöà ZEND IDE, ÿ æåæ åãî íå îáñèðàþ.....
ïî ýòîìó ïðîñüáà: îòðåäàêòèðóé ñâîè ïîñòû ïëèç.

[WiZARD]

Very True, I shoud try too look into using editors, i just have been stuck and well stuborn on using notepad for everything i do. Which in most cases as you said "would speed up development" if using a editor.

Interesting to see at yours work... made by Notepad.exe. How fast you are create CMS application... I'm think near 10 years.

P.S. Your picture with 2 shrews is too old

[Alexej Kubarev]

znachit tak: igor -- idi ti nahren.. esli ne umeesh chitat i ne ponimaesh smisla -- molchi...
mena dostali dejstvitelno tvoi viskazivanija ne po teme tolko iz-za togo chto ti ne ponimaesh napisannogo... ja znaju chto vse moi frazi korrektni: izveni, no anglijskij ja s 4 godikov uchu -- 14 let toest, s britanskim prepodavatelem bil... pro svoi diplomi v jazike ja govorit ne budu..

Vse viskazivanie shlo chto esli chelovek ispolzuet Zend na vseh OS, a na winde drugoj: eto stranno... tak ze ja viskazival mnenie o Zend Studio i nikogo ne polival dermom..

Nauchis VNIMATELNO chitat napisannoe... mena dejstvitelno dostali tvoi eti viskazivanie pro naezdi: ne znaesh jazika dostatochno shtob ponat vse 100% -- luchse ne lez.. prosto sovet na budujushee.. Izvenenij ot teba navernaka ne dazdeshsa... tak chto prosto eto proedem..

No vsetaki -- po-akuratnej, ladno?

[Alexej Kubarev]

sorry for the post in another language: everone except for Wizard should ignore the post above

[GermanC4]

I've been working with Zend Studio lately, it's quite nice

[GermanC4]

I've been working with Zend on windows.... and I used to work with PHPEdit... sucks if you type a } on the first character of the line it will get stuck... at least the version I had.

[firosit]

Macromedia DreamveawerMX 2003 is a best editor for PHP.
javascript,html and php we can easily write with the help of functions and highlighing of keywords.
We can also connect server via ftp or web