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PHP editing question.

by tjmiller
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I have bought a site on Flippa that is a php-based site. I have never worked with php before (other than minor tweaks inside of the wordpress editor.)

I am not afraid of php, and I know that I can figure out the things that I need to do, since my changes aren't huge, but I need to know what is the best (free) program to edit php.

I always use Kompozer for my html sites, but it won't work with php, unless I'm missing something.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
Teresa
#editing #php #question
  • Profile picture of the author WD Mino
    Hi TJ you can use this to edit the php
    editor PSPad - freeware HTML editor, PHP editor, XHTML, JavaScript, ASP, Perl, C, HEX editor

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  • Profile picture of the author tjmiller
    Thanks for the recommendations!

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  • Profile picture of the author Mohsin Rasool
    Hi Teresa ,

    You can open a PHP file in Wordpad or Notepad and simply edit the contents you
    want to and then save.

    Right Click on any php file and click Open With and then Choose Wordpad or Notepad.

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  • Profile picture of the author shousley
    Try to use ecplise. It has a very vast features. I think most SVN developer used this software.
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    • Profile picture of the author saschakimmel
      I suggest using Aptana (it's based on Eclipse) but targeted directly at web development. It's free and I'm using it every day
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  • Profile picture of the author joshrodrigue
    I am a visual learner and learned html and php through dreamweaver, so when I made a change to code I could instantly see the effects. Now I just use a text editor on my mac called textmate. When I make a change I always have a browser window open and just refresh the changes. Hope that helps When you get errors(It will happen), simply type the error in to google and start your research there.
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  • Profile picture of the author kaido
    Notepad++ the best i do all the work with it
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  • Profile picture of the author tjmiller
    Thanks, everybody. You have certainly given me some options! Now I just have to choose which one of your recommendations to use!

    By the way, Dreamweaver was mentioned, and I know that it is fairly expensive. Does anyone recommend that I shell out that kind of money for a software? Will it make learning any easier?

    I had heard that Dreamweaver actually had a pretty high learning curve, just to use the software. I'm not sure that having to learn a software application at the same time I am learning about php would be as productive.

    Any thoughts from you pros?

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    • Profile picture of the author Jeremy Morgan
      Originally Posted by tjmiller View Post

      By the way, Dreamweaver was mentioned, and I know that it is fairly expensive. Does anyone recommend that I shell out that kind of money for a software? Will it make learning any easier?

      I had heard that Dreamweaver actually had a pretty high learning curve, just to use the software. I'm not sure that having to learn a software application at the same time I am learning about php would be as productive.

      Any thoughts from you pros?

      Thanks,
      Teresa
      I've been using Dreamweaver for about 10 years. Don't use it to edit PHP. The learning curve for DW can be pretty high, but if you're doing a lot of design work it can save you some time. It's a great product for doing layouts, because you can instantly see what things are going to look like, and it can help you learn CSS and HTML layouts by using it over time.

      Whether it's worth the money is another question. There is nothing you can do in Dreamweaver that you can't do in Notepad, it just does it faster. If you're looking for a great php editor, Aptana was mentioned and Notepad++ is great also. PHP is not a visual platform, and visual tools will only mess you up. It's text based, and you only see output after it's generated so all you really need is a text based editor that does syntax highlighting.
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  • Profile picture of the author tjmiller
    Thanks, Jeremy.

    I think you just made things a bit clearer in my mind. When it comes to all of this, I know just enough to be dangerous:confused:

    I would like to learn more, but don't really plan to become a designer. I would just like to feel comfortable enough to work on designs that are already created.

    Like I said in an earlier post, I am not afraid to play around with things a bit, but I don't need for something to tie up a huge amount of my time. I get sidetracked too easily as it is.
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    • Profile picture of the author JaredDetroit
      I use Komodo Edit for my PHP and HTML work. It's an open source editor with syntax highlighting, a preview pane, and a lot of extra cool features. I like the search functions, which let you search all documents in a folder. It also integrates with HTML tidy, which helps check your html within your php page.

      It's free, which fit my budget.
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      • Profile picture of the author Jeremy Morgan
        Originally Posted by JaredDetroit View Post

        I use Komodo Edit for my PHP and HTML work. It's an open source editor with syntax highlighting, a preview pane, and a lot of extra cool features. I like the search functions, which let you search all documents in a folder. It also integrates with HTML tidy, which helps check your html within your php page.

        It's free, which fit my budget.
        I forgot Komodo, that's also an awesome product. Used it for perl back in the day and it worked well. Yes, free is a very good price (though I find myself donating to "free" products quite a bit when they work well).
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