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I'm a PHP developer and now I'm using a "free" version of Dreamweaver, I know that this one has the things I'm looking for, but its expensive.
I've looked into some softwares like Aptana, Notepad++, Dreamweaver, CodeLobster. But none of them were good to me. I need it to support MacOS and Windows, because I have different OS at home and at work.
This is what I'm looking for:
I used to be an Eclipse fan, but a few years ago I moved to NetBeans and have never looked back.
I am currently using it for PHP (and MySql/SQlite), C, C++ and JavaScript.
From your request:
free and open source <=== check
FTP support (also SFTP) <=== https://blogs.oracle.com/netbeansphp/entry/ftp_support_added
Code highlight <====== yup
Windows, Mac OS and Linux <=== written in Java, so yup, plus Raspberry Pi et al
PHP, HTML, CSS, Javascript (and a huge amount of other languages) ...
https://netbeans.org/features/ .... "NetBeans IDE offers superior support for C/C++ and PHP developers, providing comprehensive editors and tools for their related frameworks and technologies. In addition, the IDE has editors and tools for XML, HTML, PHP, Groovy, Javadoc, JavaScript, and JSP."
Plus, add your own ... http://wiki.netbeans.org/How_to_create_support_for_a_new_language
You won't ever look for another IDE. Guaranteed, or your money back ;-)
I'd recommend Sublime Text.
Sublime has everything you would expect in a minor IDE or an amazing text editor and yet is very very light. Pretty much any area that you want to have more features there is a simply massive plugin library. Sublime Text is not free but it on the cheap end of software, it also has a free unlimited trial so you can test it and decide before making any commitments.
To go over your requirements:
FTP support: Sublime does not have native FTP support. However, that plugin library comes to the rescue. If you don't need SFTP then the free/open-source SublimeFTPSynce is what I have used and is quite good. If you do need SFTP support then AFAIK the only option is Sublime SFTP which is not free ($20) but has a free trial.
Code highlight Windows and MacOS PHP, HTML, CSS, Javascript Easy to use
For some period of time I used Komodo Edit.
Komodo Edit is a stripped down version of Komodo IDE. Nevertheless Komodo Edit is a full featured text editor with such features as syntax highlighting, automatic insertion of matching parentheses, FTP support, and many other features a modern editor should have.
(Later I switched to Kate because Komodo's bad support of Hebrew text. But there is at least a trouble to install Kate on Windows.) Komodo is fine.
You can use Eclipse:
It's not free ($89 for the first year*, after free 30-day trial), but I would recommend that you, at least, check out PhpStorm (from JetBrains).
FTP Support Code highlight Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux: Download link PHP, HTML, CSS, Javascript Easy to use
If you keep paying for an updated license, it's $71 for the second year, and then $53 for the third year onwards. Those are the prices, if an "individual customer" is the purchaser; if the license is being purchased by a "business or organization" then the prices are $199 / 1st year, $159 / 2nd year, and $119 / 3rd yr onwards.
