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Is it possible in NetBeans to tag a line of (e.g. PHP) code and refer to this line number dynamically?, like

echo "check the line number <tagged_line_number> in the script";

Problem is that with code development any line can change a number naturally, so static reference does not make sense.

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If you are seeking the PHP solution, use LINE constant for that.

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It would give me a current line number - not the "tagged" one which I need to refer to. I believe it must be a IDE's (Netbeans in this case) feature that would on code compilation would "magically" convert the tag to number.
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Actually Vladislav`s answer is the correct one. You definitely could use LINE constant like so:

$line = __LINE__ + 1; // use this right before the line you want to tag
// tagged line goes here
echo "the line number we refer to is $line";

the output will be:

the line number we refer to is 3

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But I am afraid the answer to your question

Is it possible in NetBeans to tag a line of code and refer to this line number dynamically?

is "No".

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Good advise - thanks. I had not thought about this solution but it practically solves my problem.

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