color-coding php code in an .htm doc

is poss. in dreamweaver & homesite?

[jamie]

i parse htm files as php on our server.

when i am editing them in either homesite or dreamweaver, the programme thinks they are htm docs and leaves all the code in blue which is a nightmare to read.

does anyone know any idea about how to color code php code in an htm doc?

thanks

[wruk999]

Jamie,

I used EditPlus for Windows which does a great for coding. Its free for 30-days...but works an absolute treat ;)

wruk999

[benihana]

jamie - im in the same position as you and would love to know if you find a solution.
ive tried playing around with the colorcoding.xml file in the config folder - adding .html and .htm to the file types listed under the php section - but no luck so far.
let us know if you make any progress
cheers

[le_gber]

why not saving your page as .php while you work on it and as .htm when you want to upload it?

Leo

[jamie]

le_gber that's exactly what i do, but all subsequent editing is then difficult.

i suppose i could rename it back again to php while editing. that's the best solution i've heard so far. how simple too!

thanks :)

[griz_fan]

In Homesite, go to Options, then settings, then find the color coding section. Find the PHP scheme, then edit the extensions for it. Add .htm to the list of extensions. Hope this helps!

[jamie]

thanks griz_fan,

i do have a lot of normal htm and html files to edit too, and i am very used to homesite's color coding (4 years) so that is not ideal.

what i have done though is to download editplus (thanks wruk) and have done exactly what griz_fan suggests for that - added htm to the list of files color-coded as php.

means i can stick to the standard color-coding for htm and php files in DW and homesite and use editplus for htm-as-php files. it is very quick to open too, not like the behemoth DW ;)

thanks all!