The actual compiler app is called gcc, and you send your makefile to it as a parameter. That's it, and gcc spits out an .exe. You edit code in one window and run and view it in another.<BR><BR>While ...

No, you don’t need an IDE to code in PHP language, you can code in Notepad and be all good. But trust me, you wouldn’t want to go that route as you have to put in a lot of extra and unnecessary work ...