Good HTML/CSS/PHP editor that is free and multi-platform?

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Good HTML/CSS/PHP editor that is free and multi-platform?

Hello, I have recently given up on using Visual Studio for Windows editing. See, PHP isn't really important as I have hardly any pages that use it, but in VS, if it smells PHP then it won't treat it as HTML and thus will all be plainly formatted.. so..

I'm looking for some sorta HTML/CSS/PHP editor that is free and multi-platform(so I can also use it at my home OpenBSD computer) And please don't suggest emacs or vi. I'm learning more and more of nvi, but I'm looking for a graphical editor right now.

Can anyone suggest a good editor for my needs?

+5 A:

Netbeans.

Or if you smell bad, Eclipse.

Coronatus 2010-03-18 19:07:36

The smell bad thing is supposedly that Eclipse is more religiously Free, while Netbeans is by (for?) programmers in suits.

Simon B. 2010-03-18 19:11:26

Stick with netbeans.

ign 2010-03-18 19:33:31

Netbeans with Xdebug is a wonderful PHP development environment. It was very easy to set up Xdebug with Netbeans, and it seems to work a little better than with Eclipse.

Jergason 2010-03-18 19:39:31

+1 A:

Definitely the eclipse PHP distribution is made for you.

It's more than an editor, it has integrated remote debugging features (with XDebug or Zend Debugger). You can even add SVN connectivity with the subclipse plugin

dweeves 2010-03-18 19:08:42

You smell bad. Netbeans has XDebug, SVN, Mercurial and Git support.

Coronatus 2010-03-18 19:10:46

I don't even need debugging support though... I'm really only using PHP as a macro service... and I like things to be lightweight..

Earlz 2010-03-18 19:12:54

+5 A:

I absolutely love Komodo Edit (also Komodo IDE). Komodo Edit is free, cross-platform, and has everything I need in an editor. It has a plugin framework and robust macro ability using JS or Python.

Robusto 2010-03-18 19:09:56

+1 for Komodo Edit - the amount of power you get from being able to execute PHP, Python and other languages in your main window and pipe the output to the same place makes it a contender by itself. Add the snippet / templating system and the result is incredible.

Sean Vieira 2010-03-18 20:21:17

Very quick to try out and get started. It's all very straight forward so far and even has intellisense(sorta) so it wins in my book.. Now I just have to hope OpenBSD has a port for it.. (or see how hard it is to port)

Earlz 2010-03-18 20:38:29

@Earlz: you can download extensions for intellisense and code completion in the various languages you use.

Robusto 2010-03-18 20:41:38

@Robusto, well it came with some weak Javascript support and strong CSS and HTML support, so it covers me.. (weak as in, it doesn't like jQuery syntax too much)

Earlz 2010-03-18 22:01:37

@Earlz: Try the jQuery plugin: http://community.activestate.com/xpi/jquery

Robusto 2010-03-19 12:28:22

Aptana Studio!

N 1.1 2010-03-18 19:11:20

Aptana Studio for me too!

Inf.S 2010-03-18 19:33:36

+1 A:

IMHO use IDE is not always the best, expecially if you are working on a old computer!

i use of course both Netbeans and Aptana, but almost the time i'm using PSPad ( Win / Nix ) editor; peraph when i'm not using notepad ;-P

aSeptik 2010-03-18 19:20:54

I use `vi` when I'm doing things on really slow things.. so I got that much covered. lol

Earlz 2010-03-18 19:24:54

"I'm looking for a graphical editor right now."

Then gvim.

Rob 2010-03-18 19:28:47

+1 A:

I've been using JetBrains PhpStorm, and I think it's pretty fantastic.

HaleFx 2010-03-18 19:57:52

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