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Top 11 Free and Discount PHP Apps. Guide to choosing the best one easily

User Guide

Using a suitable PHP (wikipedia) source code editor can greatly improve your development efficiency.

We have picked out the top and continually updated PHP source code editors for you.

Generally, there are 3 types of PHP source code editors1. General code editor: supports a wide range of programming languages, small in size, suitable for skilled programmers. (e.g. NotePad++)
2. Specialized PHP editor: offers many additional features specialized for PHP, so many programmers like to use this type of editors. (e.g. PHP Development Tools)
3. Integrated development environment (IDE): Large in size, fully functional, encompasses all development components necessary to develop PHP-based Web Applications, provides a complete set of editing/debugging/analysis/optimization/database tools to accelerate the development cycle and simplify complex applications. (e.g. Zend Studio)

Free vs. Paid

FREE	PAID
You need to setup the server environment manually You need to purchase and install additional tools needed for development Some software is only free for personal use	Supports to automate the server environment setup with just one click Offers a complete set of debugging and analysis tools Offers many additional features, e.g. code encryption, code optimization, etc.

As the most popular web development language, PHP is supported by tons of editors and IDEs, even the specialized PHP IDE (e.g. NetBeans IDE) is completely free. Developers can select software based on their own or the developer team's habits.

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List all the popular PHP Source Code Editor Software.
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