[TextMate] Syntax Question: Including HTML in PHP syntax

[Allan Odgaard]

On 14. Oct 2004, at 12:40, Mats Persson wrote:

> What I would like is something along the lines of BBEdit & skEdit's and
> their dual highlighting capabilities. In other words, when we are in a
> .php file and exit php with ?> and then start having HTML code in
> there, then the HTML code highlighting should work just as IF we were
> using a .html file. And vice versa.
>
> As it is right now, I have a choice of highlighting for HTML or for
> PHP, BUT NOT both at the same time.

No, the "HTML (PHP)" does do this. But the colors of HTML is toned down 
significantly.

> with the following changes:
>
> 	name = "mxPHP";
>
> 	{ 	name = "Embedded HTML";
> 		begin = "\\?>";
> 		end = "<\\?(php|=)?";
> 		patterns = (
> 				{ include = "mxHTML"; }
> 				);
> 	},

But as Sune said, HTML is not embedded in the file. HTML _is_ the file.

So either make the mxHTML include mxPHP or do a "wrapper" for both like 
this:

    name = "mxHTML + PHP";
    ...
    patterns = (

       { name = "Embedded PHP"; begin = "<\\?(php|=)?"; end = "\\?>";
         patterns = ( { include = "mxPHP"; } );
       },

       { include = "mxHTML"; }

    );

This will use the mxPHP patterhs for everything inside the PHP tags, 
and for the rest, it'll use the mxHTML patterns.

I didn't test this, but it I think it should work. However, the wrapper 
is sort of redundant, unless you want to re-use the mxHTML patterns 
without the PHP inclusion.


Kind regards Allan