How do you create your php apps?

[arzoo]

I was just wondering how most of you guys develop your php applications. Obviously, the front end of the apps often have html/css and possibly lots of design to make the user interface nice, what I would like to know is if there are new methods or platforms/software packages that facilitate or make integration of the html and the php code more efficient or simple.

I use dreamweaver for instance, and revert to any other php editor when I have to do work in other people's offices. This is what I began with years ago and still use so I'm quite sure I'm not on the cutting edge of anything.

I know there are frameworks like joomla and others... just wanted to know what the stardard is now among you guys and hopefully if there are software to make things (especially the html and css parts, maybe javascipt too) faster to make and look more professional, I'd be looking to move towards migrating to it.

Thanks for all the inpuits.

[chrisranjana]

Php has made giant strides and there are many RAD tools now and you can even use php with visual studio (http://www.jcxsoftware.com/vs.php)

[MrCoder]

I still use dreamweaver since I cannot find anything as stable and fast to work with that has most of the common functions I use in it.

The only thing I would like to see in dreamweaver is more OOP based functions and maybe a inbuilt MySQL system that is more complex then the existing wiziwig junk.

[aaronuni]

I like to use emacs. It has a php module which once loaded has syntax highlighting and auto tabbing, along with the huge array of other useful emacs features, such as auto complete, find and replace, auto uppercase/lowercase... The list is actually endless for emacs features. I use it on Linux and UNIX, but I believe that there is a Windows version available. It's free too!

A co-worker of mine uses Eclipse for both Java and PHP. It looks nice, but I like to develop my php code directly on the server, and we don't have Eclipse on any of our servers.

[Kyleva2204]

I just use TextMate. a mac os x application.