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[ianmalkovich]

Filezilla for MAC - opening the .php files

Hello everyone.

Thanks for the guidance on here but I can't get past a problem I am experiencing with Filezilla.

I recently switched to iMac from my old PC. Now, when I open the .php files to edit them, they show as plain text and not editable HTML code. I do not know how to open them to edit them. All of the online tutorials skip over this section.

This is a problem for me and I just can't work it out.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.
Ianmalkovich.

 

[Hansr]

Use something other than TextEdit. If you have to use it, open the file from within TextEdit with the ignore rich text option on.

 

[lucasgladding]

Hello everyone.

Thanks for the guidance on here but I can't get past a problem I am experiencing with Filezilla.

I recently switched to iMac from my old PC. Now, when I open the .php files to edit them, they show as plain text and not editable HTML code. I do not know how to open them to edit them. All of the online tutorials skip over this section.

This is a problem for me and I just can't work it out.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.
Ianmalkovich.

Do you mean you want a WYSIWYG editor? Any editors mentioned here were text-based editors. If you want WYSIWYG, Dreamweaver, Muse, and Flux are the first ones that come to mind. I haven't worked in a WYSIWYG editor in years, but someone will probably chyme in to recommend something.

For source code editors, Espresso and TextMate are my favorites too. TextWrangler is one free alternative, though I think the interface in Espresso is worth the money.

PS: Based on the screenshots for Filezilla, I wouldn't touch it with a 10-foot pole. IMHO, that is a Windows interface shoehorned onto a Mac. In contrast, this is Espresso (http://macrabbit.com/espresso/).

 

[wpotere]

Hello everyone.

Thanks for the guidance on here but I can't get past a problem I am experiencing with Filezilla.

I recently switched to iMac from my old PC. Now, when I open the .php files to edit them, they show as plain text and not editable HTML code. I do not know how to open them to edit them. All of the online tutorials skip over this section.

This is a problem for me and I just can't work it out.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.
Ianmalkovich.

Netbeans can also edit PHP files.

 

[driftless]

I use Filezilla on a Mac for FTP purposes only and it works fine. For editing, I am in the Dreamweaver camp for WYSIWG.