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PHP Editors

Hi Friends

Till now, I have been coding my PHP files mainly in Notepad. I had used a few PHP IDEs earlier, but were not satisfied. I found them too cumbersome and some were quite unstable. Now it's becoming rather tedious to edit in Notepad. So I am looking for a simple, good and FREE PHP editor.
PHP.net lists some free PHP editors, but it's difficult to ascertain how good they are. So I am asking you, what are your experiences ? What would you recommend ?
My Requirements are :
1. It should run on Windows XP
2. It should be Free
3. It should be simple. From my experience, I have found that many of the features of most IDEs (PHP or otherwise) are used quite rarely, but they unnecessarily clutter the screen and hog resources. So a simple stable IDE / Editor with less esoteric features would be just fine.

Thanks

aparnesh
Junior Poster
194 posts since Jul 2005
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i use notepad++ and i have liked it so far. they have some pretty nice features and some great plugins people have built for it.

kkeith29
Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
1,357 posts since Jun 2007
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Eclipse does have some plugins for PHP

stephen84s
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1,443 posts since Jul 2007
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I use devphp. It has some bugs, but still, its good ! :)

nav33n
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4,465 posts since Nov 2007
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I use notepad++.

roh3x2n
Newbie Poster
8 posts since Oct 2006
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Three points for notepad++. It's strenght is it's simplicity, and is very lightweight.

GGAB
Newbie Poster
7 posts since Jul 2008
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give Notepad Lite a try. it highlights errors in both php and html code

http://www.notetab.com/ntl.php

casper_wang
Junior Poster in Training
89 posts since Jul 2008
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one of his requirments was "free"

casper_wang
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This article has been dead for over three months

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