How to edit PHP visually

[smartcap]

Is there a WYSIWYG PHP editor similar to Frontpage or Dreamweaver?

 

[notfred]

Explain to me just how that would work, exactly?

Considering you could write a PHP program that did a whole bunch of backend maintenance, and just printed out "ok, done." I don't see how you expect that to be done in any WYSIWYG editor. There are a million different things you coud do and then at the end print "Ok, done".

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

PHP is a programming language, not a markup language.

 

[beer]

The most visual aspect of PHP may be a reference list of included functions, and a seperate one for your functions and objects. But you still need to code. notfred said it right.

 

[kt]

You may want to try PHPEdit. I would think that's something you are looking for. It has its own little IDE builtin that will somewhat provide you with a WYSIWYG feature you are asking for.

 

[Gaunt]

I just use Dreamweaver MX. For the display of the HTML page, it will show you the regular HTML view, and will show the script icon, or in the case of textbox content, will show the line of PHP code that fills the boxes value. Apart from this, there isn't much you can do for WYSIWYG PHP.

For actual visual aids in PHP development, Dreamweaver has built-in support for alot of PHP's functions so that it can highlight the syntax a little more intelligently for you. This is in the actual editing of the code though, and really has nothing to do with wysiwyg.

For reference, I tried a couple of other editors, and I still found that Dreamweaver worked best, especially considering the extra tools Dreamweaver has built-in (other scripting languages, automated components, and HTML wysiwyg editing), I think it's one of the better editors, even if it's not specifically for PHP.