Can anyone suggest me the best software you are using in developing php websites? Im a newbie in php programming and trying to learn it at home but I think I need a software to learn faster. (what I mean is like dreamweaver for html)... Your help will be well appreciated.. Thanks in advance..
You can code PHP even in notepad. But you probably want one with a decent syntax-highlighter. Personally, I use Dreamweaver. You can also search Google for "PHP editor" and you'll find more. But if you already use Dreamweaver for your HTML, I'd just stick with it and use it for PHP too.
As far as a tool for writing the PHP code, I personally use Dreamweaver. Learning the code is similar to most any other code. Find examples, books, etc. can teach you a lot. Some of the best "real world" examples of code can be found within OSCommerce and Wordpress which are both written in PHP and open source. IMHO. Hope this helps!
Since PHP is a programming language while html is more of a makeup language, you can't really see how the out come will look like(unlike html). So the only features a "php editor" can really have is stuff like syntax highlighting and such. Most have that so there really isn't much of a difference between them all. If you already have Dreamweaver then just stick with it, it's perfectly good.
Try PHPEdit by Waterproof (waterproof.fr). It's amazing, and comes with PHP client side so you can test your scripts! Full syntax highlighting and code formatting. P.S. Its not free (free trial, though) and I like it, but I don't work for them Jay
Are there good places to get sample code so you don't have to create everything from scratch? For example, I can't seem to find the code to make a simple PHP-generated page. That is, I want a page with an HTML header and footer, a PHP-generated sidebar menu, and PHP-generated main text. Are there good places to go for PHP website templates like this?
I was a big fan of Zend Studio for quite a while but I'm starting to like phpdesigner as it finally has done some things Zend simply has never done. For anyone who is curious it comes down to inheritence of objects that then you access like $this->db->query(); with Zend it never could intelisense the query part unfortunately. The latest phpdesigner now is able to do this.
wow.. thanks for your kind responses.. i really appreciate it.. maybe i will stick to dreamweaver and try it a little more time.. How I wish there is program like visual studio for php where you can easily drag and drop object.. haha.. lol.. Thanks again guys.. GODBLESS.. just keep on posting if you want..
My personal favorite for editing PHP scripts (and any other scripts I make) is KATE which comes with KDE. But that's for linux. On my windows machine, I use jEdit. What I like about jEdit is that you can expand its capabilities through plugins.
Personally, I use Notpad, yep im old school. Again you might want something with a syntax highlighter. Try Notepad ++, PHP Designer, Dreamweaver, xInt, there are many others, just try some out, and see what you like better.
ive recently moved to notepad2 from notepad - its got some nice syntax colouring etc...its a drop in replacement for the original, free, non bloated, and free.
Using notepad to code PHP or any other programming language is like making fire using two pieces of rocks.. Yup it's amazing but quite unproductive.
I use Notepad++, cause the default syntax higlighting works well with my eyes Why would you use Dreamweaver 8 though, when Dreamweaver CS# has been the latest version for a while now?
I use PHPEdit as well. I love the way that it greys out html when you are editing php and greys out php when you are editing html. Brew
PHP is invisible. It generates and outputs the HTML which you want to drag and drop. That's why you can't drag and drop PHP itself.