List of PHP editors

This article contains a list of text editors with features specific to the PHP scripting language.

Cross-platform

 * Aptana Studio – Eclipse-based IDE, able to use PDT plugins, visual JS editor. Open-source, free project. (Community edition merged in).
 * Atom – free and open-source text editor with out-of-the-box PHP support.
 * Brackets – free and open-source editor in HTML5/NodeJS by Adobe Team the best for integration frontend
 * CodeLite – an open source, cross platform IDE for C/C++ and PHP. The built-in plugins supports SVN, SSH/SFTP access, Git database browsing and others.
 * Eclipse – PHP Development Tools (PDT) and PHPEclipse projects. With additional plugins supports SVN, CVS, database modelling, SSH/FTP access, database navigation, Trac integration, and others.
 * Editra – open source editor. Syntax highlighting and (partial) code completion for PHP + HTML and other IDE-like features like code browser etc.
 * Emacs – advanced text editor. The nXhtml addon has special support for PHP (and other template languages). The major mode web-mode.el is designed for editing mixed HTML templates.
 * Geany – syntax highlighting for HTML + PHP. Provides PHP function list.
 * jEdit – free/open source editor. Supports SFTP and FTP.
 * Komodo Edit – general purpose scripting language editor with support for PHP. Free version of the commercial ActiveState Komodo IDE.
 * Netbeans – IDE with PHP support and integration with web standards. Supports SFTP and FTP. Full support for SVN and Git since 7.2 and powerful plugin support for added functionality.
 * SciTE – PHP syntax highlighting, compiler integration, powerful config via Lua API.
 * Vim – provides PHP syntax highlighting, debugging.

Windows

 * ConTEXT – *No longer under development* Freeware editor with syntax highlighting.
 * Crimson Editor – Lightweight editor. Supports FTP.
 * Microsoft WebMatrix – A combined editor, server and publishing environment, syntax highlighting for HTML, PHP, Razor, node.js, C# and JavaScript and publishing through WebDeploy and FTP. Supports multiple file encodings as of version 2.
 * Notepad2 – Simple editor with syntax highlighting
 * Notepad++ – FLOSS multi-language editor with macro support, syntax highlighting (possible export to HTML), code completion, php.net function reference, foldable code blocks etc.; expandable via plugins, e.g. (S)FTP support, version control (Git, SVN), documentation generators, snippet support, spell checking, custom classes completion, code beautifiers
 * PSPad – Supports FTP; syntax highlighting.
 * RJ TextEd – Text editor with many great features

macOS

 * Coda (web development software) – Shareware IDE/Editor
 * Smultron
 * TextWrangler – Supports SFTP and FTP

Linux

 * gedit
 * gPHPEdit
 * Kate – Supports any file access protocol that is supported by KIO. This includes HTTP, FTP, SSH, SMB and WebDAV.
 * KDevelop – Supports everything as Kate above with addition of references of functions and syntax parser.
 * Kwrite

Proprietary editors

 * ActiveState Komodo IDE – Support for PHP syntax checking, debugging, trial available (NOTE: As of 2020, ActiveState Komodo is now completely free, and only requires that you register an account in order to use)
 * Adobe Dreamweaver – Supports SFTP and FTP; Trial available
 * BBEdit – Supports SFTP and FTP; Trial available
 * Cloud9 – Online editor (supports multiple languages)
 * Coda – Supports SFTP and FTP; Trial available
 * CodeCharge Studio – Supports FTP
 * Codelobster – Editor with syntax highlighting, debugger, code validation, supports FTP.
 * Codenvy – Cloud development environment.
 * EmEditor
 * HyperEdit – Integrates PHP, JavaScript and HTML in an only interface WYSIWYG.
 * JetBrains PhpStorm – PHP IDE with editor, on-the-fly code analysis and other web development specific tools including FTP/SFTP synchronization; Trial available
 * Komodo IDE – Cross-platform integrated development environment for PHP as well as Python, Ruby and Perl.
 * Microsoft Expression Web – Full PHP support with syntax highlighting, etc.; Trial available
 * PHPEdit – Supports SFTP and FTP
 * PHP Tools for Visual Studio PHP syntax highlighting, debugger, code validation, testing, support for other languages, among others. One- month trial available
 * Rapid PHP Editor – Support for PHP syntax checking, auto-complete, debug and support for CSS, Javascript and HTML
 * SlickEdit
 * Smultron
 * SourceLair – Online IDE for PHP, as well as JavaScript and Python
 * TextPad – Trial available
 * Top PHP Studio – Supports FTP
 * UltraEdit – Supports SFTP and FTP; Trial available
 * Zend Studio – (Cross platform) professional PHP IDE, based on the PHP Development Tools plugin for the Eclipse platform; Trial available