Thanks for the input Mike and Steve.

I tried out the VS one Steve suggested and was excited by the Visual Studio
interface (although I've not used one since VB6, but it looks the same but
better).

However, I did not seem to be able to find a view which showed my HTML llike
in the same way dreamweaver does. I do find this very useful and would not
want to sacrafise it.

I like the sound of your suggestions Mike. Does eclipse have the HTML design
view like Dreamweaver (I have just installed the trial for Dreamweaver 8 and
do say the code editing looks much better - but there are many bad reviews
about the product generally).

As I don't know what XDebug I guess I don't use it. But maybe it is
something I should be using.

Bascally over the next few months I'm going to be doing a lot of PHP coding
and I want to make my life as easy as possible. Previously I have just used
Dreameweaver 7 and TextPad (text editor) and uploaded to server to test.

Any more hints / feedback welcome.

Thanks