Syntax highlighting PHP shell scripts without extension in netbeans

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I have a number of shell scripts - written in PHP - within a project. None of these files have a file extension and cannot have one added due to constraints caused by legacy code. Currently within Netbeans there doesn't appear to be a way to make these scripts be identified as PHP and thereforce use the syntax highlighting of other PHP scripts. Common methods in different editors to allow shell scripts to make use of syntax highlighting are through things like modelines in Vim (other examples here) but as far as i can tell there is nothing similar in Netbeans. Each file has a shebang and php tags that both identify the scripts as being php files. Does anyone know a workaround for this? I'm willing to add content to the files to make this work but for a number of reasons i cannot add an extension.

FWIW i'm using the PHP version of netbeans 6.9.1 with the C/C++ plugin to enable syntax highlighting of .sh files

Sonny · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-10 21:30:14Z

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I accomplished it by right-clicking the file and selecting the "Open As..." option. In the dialog window then select the "text/x-php5" option and click the "Open" button.

Interestingly enough, when I go to "Tools" > "Options", "Miscellaneous" section, "Files" tab, I don't see a way to remove or change associations made for files without extensions from there.

After additional digging I found the file that holds the definitions. On Windows XP it can be found here:
[%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%]\.netbeans\6.9\config\Services\MIMEResolver\user-defined-mime-resolver.xml

My file looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE MIME-resolver PUBLIC "-//NetBeans//DTD MIME Resolver 1.1//EN" "http://www.netbeans.org/dtds/mime-resolver-1_1.dtd">
<MIME-resolver>
    <file>
        <ext name=""/>
        <resolver mime="text/x-php5"/>
    </file>
</MIME-resolver>

edited Nov 10, 2010 at 21:30

answered Nov 10, 2010 at 21:04

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robjmills Over a year ago

can't believe i've not noticed that option before - although this isnt doing any kind of actual filetype detection it basically works since 99% of my files without extensions are PHP files anyway. Thanks!

Sonny Over a year ago

You're welcome! To be fair, the option only shows for files that don't have a MIME Resolver set up already.

Nathan · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-09 13:43:16Z

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Do the files have a .php extension? Syntax highlighting should be automatic if you're using the PHP version. (By the way, the PHP version is just the core with PHP extensions installed.)

answered Nov 9, 2010 at 13:43

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Nathan Over a year ago

Sorry I mis-read... thought you meant you couldn't add an extension to Netbeans. As far as I'm aware, adding a PHP extension is the only solution. Would you mind explaining why you can't add the PHP extension? There might be another solution.

robjmills Over a year ago

The issue is that there is a massive amount of legacy code which calls these shell scripts that cannot be touched. Altering the filename simply is not an option.

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