hemjesti Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 hey there! i have a quick / silly question - if you're using an application to edit your php files, like say, Notepad++ - is there anything you can do, or add to that application that would show me all the files associated with the current php page i'm editing? For example, say i'm in main_index.php - and it uses includes for a header and footer and also links to an external style sheet - is there an application or editor that would show me that those three files are affiliated with main_index.php. I'm asking about this b/c it took me TWO DAYS to find a file associated with my footer so i could change the dang copyright date! Yes, i'm new to this stuff - but i'm tryin'!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSkyIS Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 there are various integrated development environments (IDE's) that will do this. I don't use any of them. I use BBEdit. Whenever I want to find a bit of code and don't know where to start, I perform a text search of all files. For instance, if I was looking for copyright or ©, I would just perform a search for copyright and all files containing that string are listed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wigpip Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 'Find All' button in the 'Find and Replace' function and select 'Entire Site' in Dreamweaver. Works fine for me when I'm trying to find associated files. I imagine most other editors have a function like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemjesti Posted December 19, 2010 Author Share Posted December 19, 2010 thanks for the reply! ya know, i tried searching a hundred times - and it never returned anything. i downloaded the entire site to my local and was very unsuccessful. frustrated even. i'll look for one of those ide solutions. any suggestions on an application that does this? thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulRyan Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Hello Hemjesti You may want to look here, it has a comparative list of 7 PHP IDE's, although "slightly" outdated. Might be useful for you too look at, I couldn't recommend one as I don't use any, I stick with good old basic Notepad, and use my head for everything else... Link: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-php-ide/index.html Regards, Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuickOldCar Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Just like the other guys..I personally just use notepad++ myself. But this is a good free ide editor for you. http://netbeans.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litebearer Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 my 2 cents... http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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