Editing PHP files is only a matter of editing text but there are other options available which offer more features than your typical Windows notepad (or Linux nano/pico/vi).
These programs offer some additional functionality over and above text editing while making coding PHP a little easier on the eyes, and sometimes the brain!
A feature-rich text editor application that supports not only plaintext, but a number of programming languages which can act as a Notepad replacement for...
Notepad Plus can open DOC and DOCX files, edit PHP files, edit HTML documents and highlight syntax.
An excellent text editor which supports all types of coding, syntax, spellcheck and more.
Notepad Plus Portable can edit LaTeX documents, edit PHP files, edit HTML documents and highlight syntax.
Free SCP, SFTP and FTP client that can perform typical file transfer operations securely and fast.
WinSCP can connect to sFTP servers, backup to FTP and edit PHP files.
A file editor to edit, download, upload, compare, merge and encrypt huge files.
PilotEdit can edit PHP files, edit HTML documents and highlight syntax.
Powerful text editor with support for a number of programming languages with syntax highlighting, code folding and enough power for large files.
UltraEdit can open LaTeX documents, edit LaTeX documents, edit PHP files, edit HTML documents and highlight syntax.
Featured-packed text and source code editor with support for syntax in several languages including HTML, PHP, C, C#, JavaScript and Perl.
RJ TextEd can edit PHP files, edit HTML documents and highlight syntax.
An application which allows you to manage, edit and take notes.
CherryTree for Windows can edit LaTeX documents, edit PHP files, edit HTML documents and highlight syntax.
A powerful text editor, great for developers and programmers.
EditBone can edit PHP files, edit HTML documents and highlight syntax.
Fully-featured and free FTP client with Site Manager supporting secure connections, SFTP, SSH and a dual-panel interface for fast and reliable file...
FileZilla can connect to sFTP servers, edit PHP files and edit HTML documents.
Application to compare files and folders to find differences, code changes, updates and duplicate content.
WinMerge can edit PHP files, edit HTML documents and highlight syntax.
A programmers text editor with many great features including syntax highlighting for PHP, Perl, C, HTML and other languages.
jEdit can edit PHP files, edit HTML documents and highlight syntax.
An open source editor for plain text and suitable replacement for Notepad.
AkelPad can edit PHP files, edit HTML documents and highlight syntax.
Generate a full set of PHP scripts quickly from MySQL database.
PHPMaker is software which can edit PHP files.
A free programmers text editor with syntax recognition supporting web languages like PHP, HTML and CSS.
Komodo Edit can open LaTeX documents, edit LaTeX documents, edit PHP files, edit HTML documents and highlight syntax.
A powerful FTP client supporting secure connections and the possibility of site-to-site transfers with an Explorer-like interface with many functions.
Core FTP LE can connect to sFTP servers, edit PHP files and edit HTML documents.
A capable text editor aimed at programmers and coders, it offers a number of features to improve the efficiency in writing PHP, Python, CSS, HTML and many...
PSPad editor can edit PHP files, edit HTML documents and highlight syntax.