Best PHP Editors List - Windows, Linux ,UNIX, Macintosh Platforms

Name	Platforms	Licence	Comments
1st Page 2000	Windows	Freeware	Supports XHTML, has link validator syntax checker for HTML, JavaScript and CSS
Accella	Windows	Freeware, Commercial	WYSYWYG HTML editing, FTP, image editor, PDF editor, site catalog and multi-phrase multi-file search/replace.
AceHTML	Windows	Freeware, Commercial
Alpha	Macintosh, UNIX	Shareware	Last time I tried the website it didn't work - please let me know if you have more success.
Antechinus	Windows	Shareware, Evaluation available	IDE for PHP on Windows
Arachnophilia	Java (multiplatform)	Careware (see website)	Not PHP specific, but a nice HTML editor all the same.
Arisesoft Winsyntax	Windows	Freeware	PHP-code editor for Windows, with the syntax highlighting and the context help for all PHP-keywords (says the webpage).
asWedit	Linux, UNIX	Commercial, Evaluation available	Fast HTML Editor for Unix'es Very fast HTML Parser With some tricks asWedit is able to work with php code too.
BBedit	Macintosh	Commercial, Demo available, "Lite" version available	Find/Replace with Grep, syntax highlighting for several languages including PHP. Open and save via FTP.
Beauty++	Windows	Freeware
Blue Thermic	Windows	Shareware	Supports PHP syntax highlighting and instant previewing.
Bluefish	Linux, UNIX	GPL	HTML editor which allows you to add your own tags to the menu.
Code Crusader	Linux, UNIX	Commercial, Demo available
Code-Genie	Windows	Shareware	Features syntax-highlighing for HTML, PHP, CSS, JavaScript, Java, C++ etc.; keyword-lookup, color printing, auto-complete and much more.
CodeCharge	Windows	Commercial, Evaluation available
CodeEdit	Windows	Freeware
CoffeeCup	Windows	Commercial, Evaluation available	Full HTML editor with PHP syntax highlighting.
Coldmind	Windows	Freeware	Syntax highlight, PHP-specific, code navigation, integrated Web Browser which allows you to preview/execute both your HTML and PHP code on-the-fly
Companion	Windows	Commercial, Evaluation available
ConTEXT	Windows	Freeware
Crimson	Windows	Freeware	Fits on a floppy with: syntax highlighting, undo/redo, user tools, macros, spell checker and more.
CuteHTML	Windows	Commercial, Evaluation available	Has syntax highlighting, spell checker, can open many files of any size, etc.
Davor's PHP Editor	Windows	Freeware	Windows IDE configured for HTML and PHP files. Creates and maintain projects as group of files and configures them to run on a local http server. Includes syntax highlighting and undo feature. Available in English and Croatian.
Dev-PHP	Windows	GPL	Dev-PHP is a full-featured integrated development environment (IDE), which is able to create scripts and applications using the PHP scripting language and the PHP-GTK library (both included in the "PHP Package"). No longer in active development.
Developers Pad	Windows	Freeware	Currently in beta
DreamWeaver	Windows, Macintosh	Commercial, Evaluation available	PHP extensions for Ultradev available under GPL from here.
DzSoft	Windows	Shareware	PHP and HTML/XML syntax highlighting, built-in FTP client, code and file explorer
E-Port iCoder	Windows	Shareware	Javascript, ASP, PHP, SQL, etc editor Link appears to be dead - updated URL welcome.
Eddie	BeOS	Freeware	Originally developed in-house by Pavel Cisler (also ex-employee at Eazel), Eddie is the best free text editor available for BeOS. Has some php highlighting. Good ftp client built in.
Edit+	Windows	Shareware	Has multi-syntax highlighting in one document (eg, HTML and PHP).
Editor 99	Windows	Freeware	Editor 99 is a notepad-style text editor which offers additional features, especially for people writing program code.
EditPad	Windows	Freeware, Commercial, Evaluation available, "Lite" version available	See comments for details on all the different versions and licences now available.
edPHP	Windows	Freeware
Emacs	Windows, Linux, UNIX	GPL	You either love it or you hate it. PHP syntax highlighting available.
EmEditor	Windows	Shareware
Epsilon	Windows, Linux	Commercial, Evaluation available	An advanced EMACS-style programmer's text editor for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and OS/2.
eWebEditPro	Windows	Commercial, Evaluation available
FTE (Folding Text Editor)	Windows, Linux	GPL	PHP syntax highlighting available allegedly available, but location unknown.
Glimmer	Linux	GPL
gPHPEdit	Linux	GPL	A GNOME2 editor that is dedicated to editing PHP files (and other supporting files like HTML/CSS).
GWD	Windows	Commercial, Evaluation available	Very nice editor includes C,Perl, HTML syntax highlighting among others. It also has the ability to make your own file types and add highlighting. Shareware, works forever with nag screen.
HandyHTML	Windows	Commercial, Demo available	HandyHTML is raw code editor with some nice features including PHP syntax hightlighting. Good list of features on homepage (other vendors take note: information rather than eye candy!)
HAPedit	Windows	Freeware	HAPedit is an acronym for Html Asp Php editor; a win32 text-mode editor useful for all developers of dynamic web pages.
Homesite	Windows	Commercial, Evaluation available	HTML editor with PHP syntax highlighting available as a download.
HotDog	Windows	Commercial, Evaluation available	Web page speed coupled with my patience means I don't have any more information...
HoTMetaL Pro	Windows	Commercial, Evaluation available
HTML-Kit	Windows	Freeware	Customisable editor; support PHP syntax highlighting.
Hydra	Macintosh	Freeware	Features include syntax colouring, indenting, and team or pair programming as used in extreme programming.
IDE.PHP	Runs in brower window	GPL
JaneBUILDER	Macintosh	Commercial, Demo available	JaneBUILDER is a visual editor for PHP. JaneBUILDER allows you build complex PHP pages with mouse clicks and menu items.
Jed	Windows, Linux, UNIX	Freeware	Jed is a very flexible editor but in the default config it is key compatible with emacs. Eric Thelin has written a PHP mode for it which is available at http://eric.thelin.org/jed.html
jEdit	Windows, Linux, Macintosh, UNIX	GPL	jEdit is a programmer's text editor written in Java
Jext	Windows, Linux, Macintosh	GPL	Jext provides in every distribution a PHP plugin which contains a code completion tool, a formatting function, a cleaning one and a code browser.
Kate	Linux	GPL	KDE editor with syntax highlighting
Komodo	Windows, Linux	Commercial, Evaluation available	The licensing is commercial, but includes a free license for Educational and Non-Profit use.
KPHPDevelop	Linux	GPL	Web page not updated since December 1999, so future uncertain!
Maguma	Windows	Commercial, "Lite" version available	Syntax Highlighting Class Browser FTP Editing Integrated Debugging Code Completion / Hints
Matrix Y2K	Windows	Freeware	Matrix Y2K is a code based HTML editor for novice and advanced users.
MED	Windows	Shareware, Evaluation available	Editor with project management, integration of external programs, configurable syntax highlighting and a Plugin interface.
MPS HTMLGate 2000	Windows	Freeware, Commercial	"The most efficient web-editor" according to the website. So now you know.
MPS PHP Editor	Windows	Freeware, Commercial	Free for non-commerical use
Multi-Edit	Windows	Commercial, Evaluation available	Powerful editor with PHP (and other) syntax highlighting built in.
Namo WebEditor	Windows	Commercial
Nedit	Linux, UNIX	GPL	Very customisable, PHP syntax files available for download from the homepage. My personal favourite.
NoteTab Pro	Windows	Commercial, Evaluation available, "Lite" version available	The editor itself is very customizable. It has Syntax highlighting for plain HTML, and can be configured to syntax-highlight PHP too (see reader comments).
PageSpinner	Macintosh	Commercial, Evaluation available	Scriptable editor for the Mac
Pc Editor	Windows	Freeware	Not PHP-specific, but liked by some of our readers.
Pe	BeOS	GPL	Syntax highlighting and a few other handy features. While it was designed with HTML in mind (it has HTML templates and such), it also works with PHP and other languages.
Pepper	Windows, Linux, Macintosh	Shareware	A good programming editor. Its (fully customizable) syntax coloring supports PHP.
PFE (Programmer's File Editor)	Windows	Freeware	Nice editor, but no PHP features or syntax highlighting. No longer in active development.
PHP Coder	Windows	Freeware	This has now been bought by Maguma (listed above). The comments here refer to the original version.
PHP Expert Editor	Windows	Shareware	PHP Expert Editor has internal HTTP-server and Debugger to run, test and debug PHP scripts.
PHP Studio	Windows, Linux	GPL	PHP IDE in beta
PHPEclipse	Windows, Linux, Java (multiplatform)	GPL	PHPEclipse is an open-source PHP IDE. Built as an Eclipse plugin, it takes advantage of a well-designed, robust and widely used application framework.
PHPEd	Windows, Linux	Commercial	Development and debugging environment, syntax highlighting.
phpEdit	Windows	QPL	Syntax highlighting, code completion, code browser, debugger, syntax checker
PHPoint	Windows	Shareware	Online file editing on remote server with Master mode option, syntax colouring for PHP and other languages, autocompletion for PHP language with function list. Context help for PHP functions with PHP chm manual.
PHPub	Windows	Freeware	We're just starting to release binaries to the public, but things are moving fast.
PrimalSCRIPT	Windows	Commercial, Evaluation available	It's a very cool script editor which now supports Php4 with the "primalsense" feature (like "MS Intellisense") and colour syntax highlighting. It's also the first real authoring environment for WSH 2000.
Programmer's Wizard	Windows	Freeware	A Czech editor; details on the homepage (but I don't speak Czech...)
Programmers Notepad	Windows	Freeware	Syntax highlights HTML with PHP
Proton	Windows	Freeware	Proton is an universal source-code editor with syntax-highlighting support for 30 different languages.
PSPad	Windows	Freeware	Highlighting for many formats, includes templates, code cleanup, macros, built in hex editor, conversions from one format to another.
QaDRAM	Windows		Complete PHP IDE
Quanta+	Linux	GPL	Quanta+ is a web development environment for HTML and associate languages. We are working to make it as full featured as any web tool available and a first choice for professional and recreational Linux web develoment.
SciTE	Windows, Linux, UNIX	BSD licence	Collapsible source code editor
SciTE\|Flash	Windows	Freeware	Includes highlighting for various languages. Can be used for Flash development.
Scriptomania	Windows	Shareware	An amazingly irritating website - hard to read and popups on every page. Reviews of this editor welcome!
ScripWorx	Windows	Freeware
SFDeveloper	Windows		Web page in Portuguese, but the author tells me: "It's an IDE for Php development with project, FTP and MySQL management, it has highlight coloring syntax, deployment wizard, project wizard, debugger and much more."
Sharpedit	Windows	GPL	An editor designed for c#, but (according to one reader), good for PHP code too.
Sitepad	Windows	Commercial, Evaluation available
SlickEdit	Windows, Linux, UNIX	Commercial, Demo available	Recognises PHP, and even emulates vi for the true geeks.
SynEdit	Windows	Freeware
TemplateTamer	Windows	Shareware, Evaluation available	Not strictly an editor, but a tool for development of template based applications. As integral part TemplateTamer has editor for php and html templates, and has simple project management functions.
TextPad	Windows	Commercial, Evaluation available	Has PHP syntax highlighting built in.
TextWrangler	Macintosh	Commercial, Demo available	This application occupies the middleground between the freeware BBEdit Lite and the full-blown, commercial BBEdit.
Trellian	Windows	Freeware	Syntax highlighting HTML editor. Not clear if it supports PHP syntax.
tsWebEditor	Windows	GPL	Syntax highlighting for more than ten languages. plus a lot of features for PHP, JavaScript, CSS and HTML (parameter info for functions, code completion, PHP syntax and error check, help, CSS and Metatag assistants, HTML tag editor, HTML syntax checker)
UltraEdit	Windows	Shareware	Supports PHP syntax highlighting, brace matching, ftp in a nice Save As... implementation.
vim and gvim	Windows, Linux, Macintosh	Charityware	Highlights just about any code publicly available. It has the advantage over vim pure that common commands are available as buttons and drop-down-windows, so the transition for MS-Windows-users from editors under windows is simplified. It has all the quirks of vim though so it takes a little time to learn anyway.
Wallaby Carbon	Macintosh	Shareware	Small with rich features - check the homepage.
Weaverslave	Windows	Freeware	English, German and Polish versions available.
WebDesign	Macintosh	Shareware	WebDesign is a web authoring package for the Mac OS. Includes built in support for HTML 3.2, all versions of HTML 4, XHTML 1.0, Cascading Style Sheets, PHP, ASP and JavaScript.
WebExpert	Windows	Shareware	An editor in French (and why not?)
Webskript	Windows	Shareware	German language (only). Syntax highlighting for PHP, ASP, Javascript, HTML.
WinEdit	Windows	Commercial, Evaluation available	The website says: Do you forget where you left things; your socks, your keys, your files? Some might say WinEdit's intuitive functionality borders on the paranormal.
WinEdt	Windows	Shareware	Syntax highlighting and macro capabilities can be configured but for several languages it is already written. It has support for HTML4, CSS, Perl, etc. I hope that someone will write a PHP extension for it.
xored WebStudio	Windows, Linux	QPL	IDE built on top of Eclipse Platform. Inherits comprehensive set of Eclipse editing, debugging and deployment tools and introduces features for PHP and other open source technologies.
ZendStudio	Windows, Linux	Commercial	I guess these people should understand PHP...
Zeus	Windows	Commercial, "Lite" version available	General programmer's editor