Adding Zend PHTML extension in Dreamweaver

Rob

Published: June 28, 2009Posted in: Other Stuff, PHPTags:

If you’re using the Zend Framework and Dreamweaver, you’ve probably noticed you can’t open PHTML files in Dreamweaver. Here’s how to add it. You’ll need to modify three separate files:

Open Documents and Settings > [user] > Application Data > Adobe Dreamweaver > Configuration > extensions.txt. Keep in mind this is for Windows XP and the file may be located elsewhere for other OS’s. Add PHTML to the first line of this file as shown circled below:

and add it again to the PHP line as shown circled below:
We’re going to do this again but in another location. Open Program Files > Adobe > Dreamweaver [Your Version] > configuration > Extensions.txt and repeat step 1 above.
Open Program Files > Adobe > Dreamweaver [Your Version] > configuration > DocumentTypes > MMDocumentTypes.xml. In the middle of the file there will be a section for PHP_MySQL. You will add PHTML to it twice as shown circled below:

Restart Dreamweaver and you should now be able to open PHTML files with normal PHP syntax highlighting.

Kieran Metcalfe

Posted June 29, 2009 at 6:01 PM

Hey

Cheers for this – exactly what I was looking for

One thing – when I open a PHTML file, it seems to be using a different font size to a PHP file. All the colour coding is correct, but it’s annoying that the PHTML text is smaller.

Any idea where that config option is?

Cheers

Kieran

Posted June 29, 2009 at 6:03 PM

Oh my.

How thick do I feel. 2 seconds after posting, I find the answer! The fonts settings in the preferences dialog appear to be somehow sensitive to the context of the file type you have open! (At least the font size of the Code View font is….!)

Move along – nothing to see here!!

Thanks again for the tip