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How to treat .tpl syntax highlighting like php's syntax highlighting in PHPStorm


I use PHPStorm

I need to know how could I treat .tpl files syntax highlighting like that of .php syntax highlighting?


Solution

  • If you want to treat .tpl files in the same way as .php then you will have to re-assign *.tpl pattern to PHP type in Settings/Preferences | Editor | File Types

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    (screenshot is from current 2021.2 version)

    The IDE will ask to confirm the removal of that pattern from the standard Smarty file type:

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    P.S. This is an IDE-wide setting and will affect all projects.

    Sadly you cannot have the same pattern to be assigned to a different file type in different projects. Consider using double extension if it's possible: e.g. *.html.tpl -- this way you can use such additional pattern assigned to another file type.