i'm a newbie to PHP and i don't like to write my code in notepad-like editors. Is there an editor like VS for PHP?
Also, if you could give me a reference to a good introductory PHP eBook (one that covers simple concepts like declaring and using classes in PHP) that would be great.
Thanks in advance!
That's really all you need.
For IDE there are many options. there is VS.PHP (integrates in VS), eclipse PDT, Zend Studio (built on eclipse but not free)
A class can not be declared with accessors in PHP, so a class is declared:
class {}
//and not
public class {}
If you have a class inside a file and you want to use it in another file, you will need to include the file
require_once('MyClass.php');
$myClass = new MyClass(); //note that PHP is not type safe so a variable does not have a type
There are lots of ides for php: netbeans, eclipse, komodo edit, delphi. Notepad++(not ide but has nice syntax highlightings). About classes: you can start here