I use Notepad...yes Notepad, for EVERYTHING, HTML, Java, PHP. I do everything manually...it's just easiest for me =P

homesite 4.5, although as someone mentioned earlier, it does have a tendency to hang on large search & replaces. I like the built-in FTP client however - with a decently quick connection you can use a remote server as your dev box with this. No piddling around editing one file at a time via cute...

I've also started to play with Maguma Studio Lite (www.maguma.com) which looks promising, with a debugger built in etc.

It doesn't seem deperately stable however, so its homesite for me for now. Maguma are definitely a company to watch though - their (commercial) full PHP IDE looks very interesting indeed...

[QUOTE]Originally posted by neo
Well you are on the right track Shroomboy, Notepad is simply the best editer you can get :)

dreamweaver

could someone hook me up with Homesite 4.5. url to get it?!?!?

that is if its a PHP editer that helps in some way with coding the php but if its a html coding application please inform me.. i use coffeecup html awsoem program very clean and excessable and free

macromedia.com - I think they do a demo version (?)

NM i just looked it up and its dreamweaver dream puts to much junk code in the work...

no, homesite is seperate to DW, although they come in the same package since MM bought Allaire.

They can be used seperately however, and I believe homesite is available stand-alone for less money as well.

I use a fantastic freeware programme simply called "PHP Edit" by a French chap called Sebastien Hordeaux. The only drawback is that in Windows 2000 you need to run it with Admin privileges or it gets a bit grumpy.

Hey, I've just purchased Zend Studio from www.zend.com and it's great so far. You can get a demo version and try it yourself. :)