What programs do you use? Including editor, programs for editing and displaying php without having to upload it to the server etc.

WAMP: http://www.wampserver.com/en/index.php
Editor: http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

I use WAMP and crimson editor

I use xampp - fully modded apache web server, very easy to use (http://xampp.org)

And for the editors

PHP Site - Edited by PHP Expert Editor Latest version

Html Site - Edited by FrontPage 2003

What is the difference in WAMP and xampp?

I have never had to deal with this as I have always been on a local LAN with the server and I was able to network the drive. I now have a dedicated server so kinda new to this sort of thing.

From the looks of it, xampp installs more packages than wampserver.

I use the Zend Studio to edit and debug php. But usually I have to test it on a server, setting up your computer to run apache + php + mysql is easy. But I would suggest using linux, you can very easily dual boot and all this stuff can be trivially installed.

Editplus works perfect for me.

Originally posted by Froggy
I use the Zend Studio to edit and debug php. But usually I have to test it on a server, setting up your computer to run apache + php + mysql is easy. But I would suggest using linux, you can very easily dual boot and all this stuff can be trivially installed.

I will just see how it works doing it this way. If I don't like how it works out I will duel boot.

Altho I have used Editplus, I find Textpad to be very simple and easy to use.

edit+ all the way, perfect for php, html, css, perl, ftp and sftp build-in , and so on

I use http://emeditor.com as my text editor.

Are there any PHP equivalents of IDLE? Most of the suggestions so far look like a server or an editor.

I use HTML-Kit for all of my programming (PHP, HTML, XML, and C++). It has lots of helpful and useful plug-ins and extensions.
chami dot com slash html-kit

I used to use MEPIS (Linux Distro) for my A.M.P. needs but now I just upload what ever I'm doing. Keeps from having to mimic what ever web server my apps are deployed upon...

WAMP5 and Dreamweaver and Macromedia Homesite.

Dreamweaver --> Localhost...

Peace,

Originally posted by MWMuddy
I use WAMP and crimson editor

Crimson editor is the best for programming PHP/MySQL.

I use self-made Apache/MySQL/PHP package, with a slightly modified PHP.
I've tried lots of IDEs for PHP but they all seem to be "smart" and generally slow the development process down.
I used to use EditPlus and it's a great piece of software, but I prefer UltraEdit32 over E+. I use it to edit HTML/CSS/JS/PHP.
Regarding MySQL management, i use SQLYog and I advise everyone to stop using PhpMyAdmin for MySQL manipulation.


If you would like to use Windows as an OS which would be used in production with php, I suggest that you take a look at Zend's WinEnabler (www.zend.com).