Writing Program

[Nigma D]

Greetings i have been trying with the search engine but i cant find anything about php writing programs..

i know there are many programs, and i have tryed a few but for some reason im still working with my trusty notepad :rolleyes:

Now i am interested in 2 thing,

What do you people use to write code?
Is there a program that works/looks like notepad but allows me to find errors faster and easyer?

[Horizon88]

You could search for integrated development environments or syntax highlighters. I normally use gedit under Gnome, which is basically a wicked souped up notepad. You could also look into Notepad++, if you're on windows.

[Nigma D]

Wow i havnt checked anything other then Notepad++ but its exactly what i asked for.
And its even free...

Im still curious about what other use though,
and i wonder wether to use PHP in HTML or HTML in PHP.

so far i only use HTML in PHP but all the tutorials i have seen use PHP in HTML :queasy:

thanks for the notepad++ info :D

[mpb001]

I use Zend which isn't free. PDT( free http://www.eclipse.org/pdt/ ) is worth looking into if you have the power to run it. It is also what the next zend is being built on. I have had a look at it and it shows a lot of promise at this point. PHP needs a free environment that can compete professionaly with other languages so it picks up more in high money environments thus Zend contributed a lot to it.

If you plan on writing or using re-usable components ide's are pretty important. There is a limitation what you can engineer imposed by your own memory constaints and the tools chosen to be used(think 1000,10000,100000 lines of code).

Have a play with some MVC pattern combined with a templating engine. If you are really interested in this it is a harder start but gets you fitter faster. If you plan to use other languages it will also come in handy as it is a common working pattern.

Most of the reason you see stuff in the format you do is because it is the easiest to consume for new people. It is the good thing about PHP in that the community is excellant and very hobbyist friendly. Sense of humour is always a plus as well.

PHP is still heavily looked down upon( deemed mostly to be a hobbyist thing ) but with PHP5 is is getting a lot more respect.

[halojoy]

Wow i havnt checked anything other then Notepad++ but its exactly what i asked for.
And its even free...
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thanks for the notepad++ info :DI do use Notepad++ very much,
eventhough I have the PHP Designer 2007 free personal edition.
These 2 are about the only .... text / php / html / css .... editors I need.
And they both do a very good job.

Links:
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/
http://www.mpsoftware.dk/downloads.php
( PHP Designer 2007 - Personal )


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[Horizon88]

If I've got to develop on Windows I use Dreamweaver MX in code-view only, because I like the built-in FTP capabilities it has and it's a pretty solid code editor - auto-indent, syntax highlighting, etc. On Linux I use gEdit under gnome or kdevelop on KDE. I use vim from command line if I'm in through SSH doing a quick fix, but I'm too lazy to use it all the time.

[NogDog]

I use HTML-Kit (http://www.htmlkit.com), not because it's the best, but because it's what I'm used to and it pretty much does everything I need (including a pretty handy FTP interface). The only thing it's kind of lacking for me right now is that its syntax highlighting is a bit dated, and I haven't gotten around to finding if there is an updated plug-in for it or else editing the current one to recognize some of the newer PHP 5 keywords.

[Weedpacket]

See also the FAQ to this forum, which provides a link to a thread in which many many editors are discussed.