Best Text Editors for PHP

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    EditPlus Reviews

    EditPlus

    Sangil Kim (ES-Computing)

    $35
    2 Ratings
    EditPlus is a text editor that works on Windows. It has built-in FTP, FTPPS and sftp capabilities. It can be used as a replacement for Notepad, but it also has powerful features that can be used by programmers and web page authors.
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    Komodo IDE Reviews
    The IDE for today's web language - Python, PHP and Perl - allows you to code faster.
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    Overleaf Reviews

    Overleaf

    Overleaf (Writelatex Limited)

    1 Rating
    You don't need to do anything complicated. LaTeX is easy to use, even if it's your first time using it. Overleaf includes a fully-functional, ready-to-go LaTeX environment that runs on our servers. Overleaf gives you the same LaTeX setup wherever you are. You can trust that Overleaf will not cause any package conflicts or version inconsistencies by working with your peers and students.
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    Geany Reviews
    Geany is a lightweight, powerful and stable text editor for programmers. It doesn't slow down your work flow. It is compatible with Windows, Linux, and MacOS. It can be translated into more than 40 languages and has built-in support to more than 50 programming languages. Geany's existence was primarily due to the need for an IDE/editor that is decent, lightweight, cross-platform, flexible, and powerful. Many editors can meet some of these requirements, but not all. Geany uses the GPL v2 license to ensure that you can customize and hack it. Also, everyone benefits from the community's changes. Geany has many customizable parts, including color themes (GeanyThemes) and adding new filetypes. Geany offers many settings that allow you to adjust it to suit your needs and preferences. Many file types are supported, including popular programming languages such as C, Java, PHP and HTML.
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    UltraEdit Reviews

    UltraEdit

    IDM Computer Solutions

    1 Rating
    UltraEdit has been the preferred text editor for over 2 million users and many Fortune 100/500/1000 customers for almost three decades. UltraEdit is a powerful and fast data processor that can handle large files. It also supports almost any syntax or source language. UltraEdit is often referred to as the "Swiss Army knife" of text editors. It's a powerful tool that can be used by users across many industries and responsibilities. UltraEdit is able to solve almost any problem in text editing, including project management and programming. It can also handle large file manipulations, remote (FTP/SFTP), data sorting, column/block editing, advanced file searching, and text data reformatting. UltraEdit is available on Windows, Mac, and Linux. It is supported by a professional team of developers and customer service personnel located in the USA.
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    TextMate Reviews
    Open source text editor that is powerful and customizable. It supports a wide range of programming languages. TextMate's simple way to add multiple insert points makes it easy to make multiple changes at once and swap code pieces. TextMate allows you to select what you are looking for and what you are searching for. It will display the results in a way that allows you to jump between matches, extract matching text, or preview replacements. TextMate supports all major version control systems. You can see which files have changed in the file browser view and which lines have changed in the editor view. One file mixing languages? Projects using different build systems? Third-party code with different formatting preferences TextMate can handle all of it by associating specific scope selectors with key shortcuts and settings.
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    GoCoEdit Reviews
    GoCoEdit is an optimized code and text editor for opening and editing local (on iOS device), and remote (on the server) files on your iOS device. It has a stylish interface that includes dark and light themes. It supports advanced syntax-highlighting for many programming language. One app for all. GoCoEdit is available on all iOS devices. It's universal! (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch) By the way! Not only that! You can extend some features of GoCoEdit.
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    Visual Studio Code Reviews
    Top Pick
    Code editing. Redefined Free. Open source. It runs everywhere. IntelliSense provides smart completions that go beyond syntax highlighting and autocomplete. It uses variable types, function definitions and imported modules to provide intelligent completions. You can debug code directly from the editor. You can attach or launch your apps, and debug with breakpoints, call stacks and an interactive console. It's never been easier to work with Git or other SCM providers. The editor allows you to review diffs and stage files, as well as make commits. Pull and push from any hosted SCM service. Want even more features? To add languages, themes, debuggers and connect to other services, install extensions. Extensions are separate processes that don't slow down your editor. Learn more about extensions. Microsoft Azure allows you to deploy and host your React (Angular), Vue, Node (and many more!) applications. Sites can store and query relational or document-based data and scale with serverless computing.
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    Notepad++ Reviews
    Top Pick
    Notepad++ is a Notepad replacement and source code editor that is free and supports multiple languages. It runs in MS Windows and is subject to the GNU General Public License. Notepad++, which is based on Scintilla's powerful editing component, is written in C++. It uses pure Win32 APIs and STL to ensure a faster execution speed and smaller programs. Notepad++ strives to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by optimizing as many routines and as user-friendly as possible. The PC can use less CPU power to throttle down and reduce power consumption. This results in a greener environment.
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    Apache NetBeans Reviews

    Apache NetBeans

    Apache Software Foundation

    Free
    4 Ratings
    Apache NetBeans (also known as Apache IDE) is a powerful, open-source Integrated Development Environment that can be used to develop applications in a variety of programming languages including Java, JavaScript PHP, HTML5, C/C++, and more. NetBeans is known for its modular architecture and offers robust tools and features to developers who work on desktop, web, and mobile applications. It has intelligent code editing, profiling, debugging and profiling features, as well as a visual GUI builder to design Java-based user interfaces. NetBeans offers support for versioning systems such as Git, SVN and Mercurial to facilitate seamless team collaboration. NetBeans is an Apache Software Foundation Project, which benefits from a community that constantly improves and expands the functionality of NetBeans. This makes it a reliable, flexible and reliable choice for developers in various domains.
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    Atom Reviews
    Atom is a hackable text editor built on Electron and inspired by our favorite editors. It is customizable but still easy to use the default configuration. Although a text editor is the heart of a developer’s toolbox, it doesn’t always work by itself. With the GitHub package, you can access Git and GitHub from Atom. You can create new branches, stage and commit, push, pull, resolve merge conflicts and view pull requests all from your editor. Atom already includes the GitHub package, so you are ready to go. Atom is compatible with all operating systems. It can be used on OS X, Windows or Linux. You can search for and install new packages, or create your own right within Atom. Atom makes it easier to write code faster thanks to its intelligent and flexible autocomplete. Browse and open files, whole projects, or multiple projects from one window.
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    Sublime Text Reviews
    Top Pick

    Sublime Text

    Sublime HQ

    $80 one-time fee
    21 Ratings
    Advanced text editor for code and markup. Goto Anything allows you to quickly jump to symbols, lines, or words by opening files using just a few keystrokes. You can make ten changes at once, and not just one change ten times. Multiple selections allow for interactively changing multiple lines at once, renaming variables quickly, and modifying files faster than ever before. The Command Palette contains infrequently used functionality such as sorting, changing syntax, and changing indentation settings. You can search for exactly what you need with just a few keystrokes. Sublime Text's Python API allows plugins to enhance the built-in functionality. Package Control can be installed using the command palette. This allows for easy access to thousands upon thousands of packages created by the community.
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    EmEditor Reviews
    EmEditor is a lightweight, extensible, and easy-to-use text editor that runs on Windows. There are 32-bit and native 64-bit versions available. The 64-bit version also includes separate builds for AVX-2 (256 bit), AVX-512 (1512-bit), and SSE2 (128 bit).
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    CodeLobster IDE Reviews
    You will need to decide which IDE you want to use when you begin programming with PHP. Many companies sell their IDEs at high prices (100-$500). We, on the other hand, offer a multifunctional portable IDE absolutely FREE with all these standard features: PHP/HTML/CSS/JavaScript highlighting; advanced PHP/HTML/CSS/JavaScript autocomplete; a powerful PHP debugger; context and dynamic Help; a code validator; a SQL manager and much more. The CodeLobster IDE simplifies and streamlines the PHP development process. We've made it easy for you to forget the names of arguments, arguments, tags, and their attributes. You can also use the Help control or press F1 to get any help information. You can validate your code locally with an internal PHP Debugger.
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    CoffeeCup HTML Editor Reviews

    CoffeeCup HTML Editor

    CoffeeCup Software

    $19 per month
    3 Ratings
    The HTML Editor is your new best friend, if yes. You will feel empowered with handy tag references, intuitive tools such as code completion, website components which update instantly across all pages, live Previews, and many other amazing tools and features. End tag highlighting was implemented because we were tired of searching for the ending div tag. This new feature is also available for other tags, so have fun! We have created a lot of responsive templates that are 100% free. These templates can be imported into the HTML Editor by the new Template Installer in just two clicks. Learn CSS Grid. Play with the code by downloading a template. CoffeeCup makes web design fun! This new welcome screen will make web development easy. Do you need a quick static web page? Click on New HTML Page. You can choose to start with a responsive template, create a complex web project or just play around with PHP. This is the place to start your web adventure.
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    TinyMCE Reviews

    TinyMCE

    Tiny Technologies

    $67/mo
    1 Rating
    TinyMCE gives you complete authority over in-app rich text editing. As a plug-and-play WYSIWYG component, it effortlessly melds with your web application's current technology infrastructure. You can tailor it to your needs using its extensive set of over 400 APIs and more than a dozen framework compatibilities, or deploy it instantly as a robust, enterprise-level text editor. Premium TinyMCE packages come loaded with functionality, making them an ideal fit for enterprise applications and solving intricate use-cases. Top three premium offerings include: AI Assistant: Accelerate Content Creation with Generative AI → Infuse your application with AI capabilities through ready-to-use writing prompts. PowerPaste: Near-Perfect Copy-Pasting Reduces Support Queries → Flawlessly transfer text from MS Word, Google Docs, Excel, and other widely-used platforms. Spell Checker Pro: Maintain Brand Consistency with Error-Free Text → Multi-language support for up to 13 languages, including specialized terms, and the ability to create custom lexicons. Choose between cloud-based or on-premises deployment. Smooth integration with React, Angular, Vue, Bootstrap, and more.
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    QuickEdit Reviews
    QuickEdit is a fast, stable, and fully featured text editor for Android. It's optimized for tablet and phone! Numerous improvements to the notepad application. For 40+ languages, syntax highlight and code editor. Large text files with more than 10,000 lines are able to perform well and get real-time feedback. Modifications can be undone or redone without restriction. Display, increase, and decrease line indents. Smooth scroll horizontally and vertically. Directly navigate to the specified line number. Automatically detect character encoded. Preview HTML and markdown files. You will be able to edit system files on rooted devices. Browse files from recently opened and added files. Both a light and dark theme are supported. Optimized to work on both tablet and phone.
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    Zed Reviews

    Zed

    Zed Industries

    Free
    Zed is the next-generation code-editor designed for high-performance collaborative work with humans and AI. Rust was used to create a code editor that can efficiently utilize multiple CPU cores as well as your GPU. Integrate future LLMs into workflows to generate, analyze, and transform code. Chat with colleagues, share your screen, and write notes together. Multibuffers combine code excerpts from different codebases into one editable surface. Jupyter runtimes allow you to evaluate code inline and edit notebooks collaboratively. Support for multiple languages via Tree-sitter and WebAssembly. Zed's AI and language-aware task runners are tightly integrated with Zed’s native fast terminal. Vim bindings provide first-class modal editor, including text objects and marks. Zed is a product of a global developer community. Choose from hundreds of extensions to enhance your Zed experience. These include themes, language support and more.
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    Lapce Reviews
    Lapce is an open-source, cutting-edge code editor that focuses on delivering a fast, responsive experience. This is especially important for developers who work with large projects and complex codebases. Lapce, written in Rust and native development, leverages performance advantages to provide a smooth edit experience with minimal lag. It has a modern, clean interface with advanced features such as multi-caret, split views and terminal support. Lapce's support for the Language Server Protocol, or LSP, allows it to offer autocompletion, code navigation, syntax highlighting and code highlighting across multiple programming languages. This increases productivity. Lapce's extensibility, plugin support, and focus on performance makes it ideal for developers who are looking for a lightweight, yet powerful editor. It appeals to both beginners and professionals.
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    SlickEdit Reviews

    SlickEdit

    SlickEdit

    $99.95
    Multi-platform cross-platform code editor that supports over 60 languages across 9 platforms.
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    Textastic Reviews

    Textastic

    Textastic

    $7.99 one-time payment
    Textastic for Mac is the ideal desktop companion to the popular iOS editor. Textastic for Mac supports more than 80 markup and source languages. It also brings the powerful syntax coloring engine from the iOS source code editor to your Mac. You can create your own TextMate and Sublime Text syntax definitions. Textastic for Mac is built on the same code editor that powers the iOS application. It makes use of native macOS APIs such as Core Text to achieve maximum speed. You will find it easier to use modern Mac features like Auto Save, Versions, and code completion. iCloud Drive makes it easy to sync files between your iOS and macOS devices. The app supports 80 languages and markup languages, iCloud autosave, and macOS Versions. The app can import syntax definitions, themes, and templates from TextMate.
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    Kakoune Reviews
    Kakoune, a powerful modal text editor, is focused on real-time feedback, and intuitive, powerful multi-selection features. Kakoune is a modal text editor that takes inspiration from Vim, but offers its own unique approach. It prioritizes a selection based workflow to make text manipulation feel fluid and natural. Instead of using cursors to execute commands, Kakoune uses selections. This allows users to navigate and edit with speed and precision. Kakoune offers robust multi-caret edits, context-aware automatic completion, and extensive language support. Performance is optimized for large files and complex codebases. Kakoune is designed to be scriptable, and can be extended with shell commands. This allows users to customize the software. Kakoune, a tool that is known for its adaptability and responsiveness, is perfect for developers who like a keyboard-driven user interface and want immediate feedback.
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    Nova Reviews
    If we are being honest, Mac apps have become a lost art. Although cross-platform apps are great, it's not who we are. Panic was founded in 1997 as a Mac software business. Our joy comes from creating things that feel Mac-like. Coda, an all-in one Mac web editor, was created long ago. When we began work on Nova, however, we looked at the web today and decided where we needed to go. It was time to make a fresh start. Our first-class text editor is the key to all this. It's fast, flexible, new, and super-fast. Nova supports CoffeeScript, CSS and Diff, ERB, Haml HTML, INI JavaScript, JSON. JSX, Less Lua, Markdown, Perl PHP, Ruby, Sass SCSS, Smarty SQL, TSX TypeScript, XML and YAML.
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    Typora Reviews
    Typora allows you to enjoy a seamless experience both as a reader or writer. It eliminates the preview window and mode switcher as well as syntax symbols of markdown code and other distractions. Instead, it offers a live preview feature that allows you to focus on the content. Typora makes it easy to manage your files. It has both a file tree panel as well as an article (file list) side panel. This allows you to easily manage your files. You can organize your files however you like, and even add sync services such as Dropbox or iCloud. You can instantly see the outline structure of your documents in outline panel. This allows you to quickly navigate through the document and jump directly to any section. Bookmarks are available for export to PDF. Export or import can be done further. You can export or import more formats, such as docx, OpenOffice and LaTeX, MediaWiki, MediaWiki, and Epub. You can see how big your document is in words and characters, lines or reading minutes.
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    CodeRunner Reviews

    CodeRunner

    CodeRunner

    $19.99 one-time payment
    A lightweight, multi-language text editor and IDE for macOS. CodeRunner is designed to run all the most popular programming languages instantly and support them all. The app can run code in 25 languages straight out of the box. Additional languages can be added by simply entering their terminal commands. CodeRunner is your favorite editor for all types of text files. It has over 200 syntax modes, lots more advanced editing features, and thoughtful details. CodeRunner's code completion is among the best in any IDE. Intelligent matching of typed text allows for completions beyond single words. With the extra-fuzzy search algorithm and helpful documentation snippets, you can quickly find the right completion from thousands of others. Smart ranking of results allows you to rank the results. Do not clutter your code with print-statements to debugging. Instead, use CodeRunner’s built-in debugging tools to set breakpoints and walk through your code.
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