Another option is Notepad++ which is like Notepad on steroids because it has syntax highlighting and other useful features.
I like notepad++ php is very simple language for website development.Expert PHP developers are available for hire on dedicated or hourly jobs basis.
Hey, Sublime Text 2 is the best one followed by Eclipse For more information, Read " http://tutorialzine.com/2012/07/battle-of-the-tools-which-is-the-best-code-editor/ ". Good Luck.
You can use Yii framework for PHP development. PHP developers mostly use this framework for development. Notepad++ and Dreamweaver is mostly used by the students.
Rapid PHP editor is a faster and more powerful PHP editor for Windows combining features of a fully-packed PHP IDE with the speed of the Notepad. Rapid PHP is the most complete all-in-one software for coding PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and other web development languages with tools for debugging, validating, reusing, navigating and formatting your code.
I use the Dreamweaver , it's good to use. Notepad++ is also good to use. It's become easy for checking the syntax in Dreamviewer and Notepad++. NetBeans is also recommended.