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kareem100
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Php code enhancement

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Hi,

I recently completed a PHP course in college.I am interested further developing and expandind the code that I wrote. The problem is we were using dreamweaver Cs3 at college, and I don't have this application on my home Pc.

Does anyone know of a freeware application from which I could develop my code further.

At college we were uploading the code to a server/site called awardspace.

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Kareem
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mecha_godzilla
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Re: Php code enhancement

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If you're looking for a Dreamweaver replacement, you could try something like KompoZer:

http://kompozer.net/features.php

I'm not sure whether there's any support for PHP as such. To be honest, I have an older copy of Dreamweaver and I barely touch it these days - all I tend to use is a text editor with syntax highlighting. Saying that, Dreamweaver is good if you want to focus on getting your XHTML/CSS right (and I'll qualify that by saying that I used to write magazine tutorials on Dreamweaver, so I got to know it pretty well). An alternative is to look at using some kind of open source PHP IDE - I've tended to steer away from these because I don't like IDEs in general but some people swear by them 8O

If you want to get good at PHP I think all you need to do is either create a local (L)AMP set-up on your system or buy a cheap shared-server account to do all your testing, then make sure you read the PHP manual lots - whenever you see any example code, compare it to the PHP manual to see what's happening. Oh, and make sure you post lots of questions on the DevNetwork forums of course ;)

Good luck,

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Eran
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Re: Php code enhancement

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I'd recommend NetBeans for serious PHP development (also support HTML, CSS etc)
http://netbeans.org/features/php/
kareem100
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Re: Php code enhancement

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Hi,

Pytrin, i tried to install the netbeans apps that you referred me to. However there was a problem. After I download ( the Php ) one, I double clicked on the downloaded file and got the error message

Java SE Development Kit was not found on this computer.

Do you know how to rectify this problem

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Kareem
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Eran
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Re: Php code enhancement

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Did you try putting "Java SE Development Kit" in google?
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