Which is the best PHP editor for Windows? [closed]

Question

I have been dangling with the PHP and MySQL for a while now and the ebook that I am referring to have suggested to download PHP editor (IDE) for better programming.

There were a couple of free editors suggested for the beginners, all three are listed here:

• NetBeans
• Aptana
• Komodo Edit

All of these look pretty good, but I would appreciate if you can quickly suggest your best tool out of these three—or any other PHP tool that you are used to.

Looking forward to hear from you guys, thank you!

Answer 1

I think for just working with PHP, Aptana does a good job because 1.) it's also integrated with HTML and Javascript, which in web development you also work a good deal with, and 2.) because it benefits from the plugin architecture of Eclipse, so you can use a lot of the stuff that people have developed for Eclipse (like version control plugins, etc.).

It's also not a Java IDE -- at the end of the day, Eclipse or NetBeans will always feel a bit funny because, to them, PHP isn't first priority, it's Java. Aptana is focused on web development, so it feels a bit more like PHP is a first class citizen.

Komodo Edit is good if you don't require major IDE functionality (debugging, version control, etc.), but if you're considering that you might as well also look at some of the more famous editors like emacs.

Answer 2

You can add Eclipse to the list also.

From my part, I have not used Aptana and Komodo Edit.

NetBeans looks good to me. It has autocomplete for PHP now, as well as properly structured JavaScript implementation.