PHP files.

[einarkol]

Hi there.
How can one create or edit PHP files ?
Is there software that I can use and perhaps wysiwyg editors ?
Einar :(

[Chroder]

You don't need any special software to create or edit PHP files, any plaintext editor will do (Notepad, EditPlus (http://www.editplus.com/), HTML Kit (http://www.chami.com/html-kit/) etc). To run them, however, you need to have a server with PHP installed on it.

PHP is a programming language, not design markup like HTML is. Thus, there are no WYSIWYG editors for PHP.

[StephanieCordray]

actually there is a program i just found called phpdesigner... it's not a wysiwig editor because as chroder said there is no need for one... however, phpdesigner is supposed to be able to help you debug files... thought that might help to know. I haven't worked with it yet but if you're interested...

http://www.mpsoftware.dk

[Chroder]

Yeah, there are lots of PHP IDE's that help you write code, phpDesigner probably being the best free one. The other two most popular ones are PhpEd (http://www.nusphere.com/products/index.htm) and Zend Studio (http://www.zend.com/store/products/zend-studio/).