XHTML Builders? PHP Builders?

Pretty much all of my college classes (that work with code) tell us we must use some sort of program to work with all of the code.

I have like 6 different programs alone that are made to help you write XHTML. I know 6 is alot but each teacher is different.

Anyways, My teacher who is teaching our php / MySQL class is new and is telling all of us we need a php program.

Are there programs out there to help you write php code? At first when I heard this I thought she was crazy, or am I just out of the loop?

thanks guys

Ya, a php editor is a must... syntax highlighting, bookmarking, all sorts of stuff that comes in very handy. I like Rapidphp pretty well. http://www.blumentals.net/rapidphp/

She's crazy, all you NEED is notepad, but that being said php editors usually have the normal line numbering, highlights key words, autocomplete, and so on. You should also have something like xampp which installs latest versions of apache, php, mysql and several other little things, very easy to use. If you want a php editor, the range from zend studios and dreamweaver to open source stuff. Google it and tons should pop up.

You dont NEED editors for XHTML or PHP or any language for that matter, but it sure comes in handy sometimes.

I use dreamweaver's code view, for xhtml + css + php + anything else it supports

Also the WYSIWYG view is kinda useful just incase you need to check what something roughly looks like, although it uses a crappy rendering engine...

Notepad2 is all you need.
It has syntax highlighting for many languages, line numbering and other options.

Syntax highlighting is the only feature you need for a php editor. Without it reading code is pain. I like Dreamweaver and a lot of the tools for linux.

Originally Posted by electrohead I use dreamweaver's code view, for xhtml + css + php + anything else it supports

Me too.

When I'm developing in windows I like to use 'Php Coder' ( http://www.phpide.de ). If you're running linux then I suggest bluefish (All distros should have it in their repositories).

Both support syntax highlighting, great navigation, and let you 'fold' away the functions you're not currently interested in.

Originally Posted by Techno Me too.

Me three.

Also use it for xml, xsl, javascript, & jsp.