Free PHP/HTML editor (Page 1 of 4)

Notepad2, syntaxical color, auto indent text, auto close HTML/XHTML, line numbers and fast (not as Dreamweaver).

i been using notepad++ its nice, it supports lots of languages, tabbed interface (with split screen if you want) backgrounds colours for php and javascript within a page, you can collapse html tags and stuff (nice for big functions in php) anyway i like it even if it is a bity feature packed

i dunno what does it need to do to do correct xml?

you can choose windows format (CR LF), mac format (CR), or unix format(LF)

i don't like it that much, it has too many buttons and boxes and stuff... however that might be because i don't really want something to do the html and stuff for me i just want a nice syntax hightlighter, with a tabbed view and split screen... which fr me is notepad++

I'd have to agree with the Notepad2 and Notepad++ comments. They're both very similar (lots of language support, lean program size, syntax highlighting, free) and both seem do a good job.

Notepad++ offers collapsing display and multi-document interface (with tabs to jump between documents), and more options than Notepad2.

Notepad2 doesn't have as many features but I think it has slightly cleaner/simpler look. I also prefer the default PHP syntax color scheme of Notepad2 but you can, of course, change these in both programs.

http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/about.php sf seems painfully slow lately

but here is the background highlighting which i love http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/com … erHTML.gif

oh and another neat feature, you can put a little marker next to line numbers (e.g. if you are jumping around a document) and switch between these bookmarks

I've used these, and they seem pretty good:

1stPage 2000 from Evrsoft
AceHTML Freeware

Both have multiple tabs, syntax highlighting, spell checking, html tidy, validation tools, colour pickers and stuff like that.  Some limited project mgt functions as well, and sample script libraries.

www.crimsoneditor.com
Has the standard features of an extended text-editor but this one is completely free. I use it all the time.

/Locke

yeh thats where ifound Notepad++

thats the editing "Engine" notepad++ uses

I donno if this community supports wares but i have a d/l link for Dreamweaver Mx 2004 and some other useful webmaster programs

Not sure if that would be in violation of "Use common sense" or "Don't post anything you wouldn't want your mother to see". It all depends on your mother I guess :)