Wouldn't it then interpret the php-code as ordinary text to be written?

Even if it wouldn't, renaming the file is extra work (I would have to change back before every upload to the server). There should be an option that goes like "interpret php-files as html-files and ignore all php-code." (Maybe there is, I don't know the program that well yet.)

But anyway, with the ftp-uploader it's still workable as it is.

then you would have to rename the file to be yourname.html or yourname.htm so it sees it as a html file

Yes, if I wanted to run the php-code. But as I said earlier I would have been content if it had just ignored the php-stuff so I still could preview the pure html-code. (That would have been incomplete but better than not showing anything.)

You need PHP installed on your computer to preview a PHP file, just like you need PHP installed on a server so it can handle PHP files.

What happens when I choose "preview" is that it (instead of showing the file) asks whether I want to download or open it... and if I open it, some text-editor opens it and shows the code.

But it's not that big a problem though since it has the ftp-uploader. I simply upload the file to the server and check it via the browser.

ND - This works fine with the paid version of CoffeeCup HTML Editor 2007. I'm not sure about the free version of the editor though.

Thanks for the tips. I actually am using the free version of CoffeeCup since recently, and I'm pretty happy with it. But then I'm often happy with a certain solution until I start trying out others, and since the GOTD team wants suggestions I thought I mention it.

One thing that's slightly annoying with CoffeeCup is that it sometimes can't preview php-files. I'd be content if it just ignored all php-stuff and previewed the html-code in the php-file (which isn't hard to implement), but instead it can't preview these files at all (or rather, sometimes it can, and I'm not clear about when and when not.)

Majorgeeks.com is a great place to look into for freeware and shareware.

For example Koala Edit is a webpage and file editing solution with dual-mode visual (WYSIWYG) and code based editing, HTML syntax colour coding, and a webpage creation tutorial for beginners.

Or try RJ TextEd, a web development tool and a Unicode text editor with loads of features like syntax highlighting, auto completion, Code folding, Html tag wizards (for creating tables, frames...); CSS editor, etc.

There being so many HTML editors it's hard to know where to begin.

Some others you could try are:

AceHTML Pro 6.5
http://software.visicommedia.com/en/products/acehtml/

Nvu *Free*
http://www.nvu.com/index.php

CoffeeCup *Free* (CoffeeCup offers many other free programs that are GREAT!)
http://www.coffeecup.com/free-editor/

Amaya *Free*
http://www.w3.org/Amaya/

CuteHTML and CuteHTML Pro
http://www.cuteftp.com/cutehtml/
http://www.cuteftp.com/cutehtmlpro/

Oh and almost all (with the exception of Notepad plus [I think]) are free

NVU, Programmer's Notepad, Firefox Extension (I can't remember most of the names), Notepad Plus.

TreePad would be nice: http://www.treepad.com/

Also, I'd like to try some new HTML-editors, although I have no specific in mind.