Select the Right Editor for Your Code

Notepad++

http://notepad-plus-plus.org/ 
This is an open source software, a very nice replacement for Windows Notepad. Simply click on the Download to get the download link, at the time of this writing, the current version is 5.8.6. You can read for more information about this software at the homepage.

Run the downloaded file, as usual, Next, Next, … and the Notepad++:

It is very nice and light editor, with the code folding feature that can “fold” all the portion to make your code look nicer.

Easiest Way to Setup PHP on Your PC

The very 1st step in learning PHP is to setup a PHP server on your PC, that enables you to test run your PHP coding. I believe there is a lot of guides and step by step, that you can find on the internet, on how to setup PHP on your PC, but the easiest one for me, is using EasyPHP (www.easyphp.org).