editing php files

[karina]

Hi!
I usually work with FrontPage for editing html. I found a nice .php
template on the web (it included .psd, fonts image files and index.php
main file). I could open the php file with only with a notepad... Is
there a user friendly php editor (like frontpage) or is there a
possibility of opening php file in frontpage or converting php to html
file?

Thanks, Karina

[Markus Ernst]

karina wrote:

Hi!
I usually work with FrontPage for editing html. I found a nice .php
template on the web (it included .psd, fonts image files and index.php
main file). I could open the php file with only with a notepad... Is
there a user friendly php editor (like frontpage) or is there a
possibility of opening php file in frontpage or converting php to html
file?

It depends. If in the PHP file the PHP code is embedded in the HTML, such
as:

<div>My name is <?php echo $name; ?>!</div>

you can edit the HTML part of it with Tools such as Dreamweaver, and
probably with FP too. If the HTML is embedded in the PHP code, such as:

<?php echo "<div>My name is ".$name."!</div>\n"; ?>

you have a problem. Then you have to either learn PHP and re-write the page
the way it fits your needs, or find another template which is coded in a
more editor-friendly way.

Anyway if you have read posts in this newgroup before you know that FP is
not considered as a recommended tool here...

HTH
Markus