On Jun 18, 2009, at 10:35 AM, Stephen wrote:

> Anyone have any fun tools to get started in building php code
> (primarily for web application)

Eclipse was my favorite IDE for PHP.  http://www.eclipse.org/pdt/

But, it's an IDE, not just an editor.  You get more features, but you  
pay the price in load times and overall software complexity.  Starting  
w/ a simple editor and the PHP manual might be the best way to go.

alex