RE: [PHP] IDE for PHP?

Hi Dale, > What I was thinking was to design the first form > (getinput.html) in MS FrntPg (for the design aspects), > have the form tag call getinput.php, extract the > info and store in a file. Does this sound like an > adequate approach? Yes, that should work perfectly. Another common method is to use one big script that detects whether data has been submitted, and processes it or displays the form accordingly. > Is there an IDE for PHP that would help w/the > design end of things? (Basically positioning > text/lines etc.). Or should I continue to use > FP to do the design of HTML, then just do the > processing w/PHP? Personally I don't like WYSIWYG editors for web pages, so I tend to steer clear of them and write all my PHP and HTML in a text editor (I use Editplus - http://editplus.com/ - although there are many decent ones). If you find yourself more productive with a WYSIWYG editor, you should look into Dreamweaver MX (I think you can download a demo from macromedia.com). It apparently has excellent support for PHP, I'll bet it writes cleaner markup than Frontpage, and it's a good stepping stone towards other Macromedia tools like Flash if you think you might go that way in the future. Cheers Jon