PHP syntax not highliting when inside other language string (ver 7.7)
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Php code that is written inside other laguage string is not highlighting in the latest version.
Javascript example:
var ScannerName = “<?php echo $_SERVER[‘REMOTE_ADDR’].”[WDT2]“; ?>”;
The line is interpreted as string (gray color) but php syntax should override the styling and use php coloring in between the <?php ?> tags.NP++ ver 7.6.2 works correctly
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You’re seeing it with PHP, not ASP, but you’ll find a few recent complaints about ASP having the same difficuly; it might be the same bug (though I’m not sure / cannot prove it):
- https://notepad-plus-plus.org/community/topic/17764/defined-asp-style-disappeared-after-7-7-install
- https://notepad-plus-plus.org/community/topic/17727/update-to-7-7-ver-and-missed-asp-code-style
- https://notepad-plus-plus.org/community/topic/17696/bug-problem-with-syntax-highlighting-not-working-on-asp-classic-scripts/5
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Yes I thought the issue is similar.
Just wanted to report that php syntax has issues as well in case it is gonna get fixed soon. -
Also having this issue, hope it gets fixed soon bc it’s super annoying.
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this purely depends on the scintilla editor component, which is an external project.
this behaviour is the same in previous notepad++ versions like 7.6.2, unless you had 3rd party highlighting plugins, and/or scripts installed, that could eventually do so.you could try to file a feature request at the scintilla tracker, but as php code strings like
var ScannerName = "<?php echo $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']."[WDT2]"; ?>";are interpreted as text as expected, due to being in between two"double quotes, i doubt that it would be accepted.note: you can always download the latest SciTE scintilla demo editor, to see any scintilla feature changes.
many thanks and best regards.
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@Meta-Chuh
I tried various Scite editor versions (dl from https://www.npackd.org/p/scite) and for the php language and your example, nothing changed since at least v4.0.0
But I agree something has changed in Notepad++, previously the content in the php tags was highlighted.
I will download previous versions of notepad++ to compare to v7.7.1… -
@David-WZ said:
I tried various Scite editor versions (dl from https://www.npackd.org/p/scite)
Why would you obtain SciTe from anywhere but its home site? I don’t know for sure, but often this kind of thing is just asking for trouble…
Haha, just noticed that @Meta-Chuh pointed to the same site…and yet you still went out of your way to get some “questionable” version.
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My bad, I didn’t go far enough in the past !
I’ve just seen that notepad++ v7.7 “Upgrade Scintilla from v3.56 to v4.14.”, so I tried v3.5 of Scite and the behaviour has changed…
@Meta-Chuh has right and the “problem” comes from Scintilla.
By the way, I think I will downgrade to Notepad++ v7.6.6, that will solve my problem for a while… -
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@Ekopalypse Yes it is, I didn’t see it.