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Posted by: admirable | Date: 2013-05-17 22:57 | IP: IP Logged
I have a file that is most html with a php name. Until today, I was able to hit F10 to view the php file. Now it is just a blank view with a box that flashed and I don't know if it says anything.
Is there anything I can do so I user the HTML viewer again to see a file with a php extention name?
Posted by: pspad | Date: 2013-05-18 05:34 | IP: IP Logged
PHP is server side scripting. To view result of PHP, you need to install some local web server and set PSPad in program settings / Internet.
Use Shift+Ctrl+F1 instead of F10 to see result from web server after you will set up it.
Posted by: admirable | Date: 2013-05-20 02:27 | IP: IP Logged
I had installed xamp and set PSPad in program settings / Internet and it was set to C:\xampp\htdocs.
It used to work and now it does not.
Posted by: pspad | Date: 2013-05-20 03:59 | IP: IP Logged
Do you save your PHP files to C:\xampp\htdocs ?
Posted by: admirable | Date: 2013-05-20 23:20 | IP: IP Logged
No, I do not save the files there. Do they need to be saved there?
Posted by: pspad | Date: 2013-05-21 04:19 | IP: IP Logged
Save your files anywhere you want, but set properly Document root in PSPad settings / Web server.
If your open your files in standard web browser, do you see the result? PSPad does address translation from standard disk address (C:\yyy\zzz) to URL address [url]http://[/url]....
Posted by: admirable | Date: 2013-05-21 15:09 | IP: IP Logged
Thank you. It does appear my apache is not working right. It is telling me Object not found!
Posted by: johnbentley | Date: 2015-07-02 09:09 | IP: IP Logged
I can verify that ...
HTML > HTML Preview Web Server (Shift + Ctrl + F10)
... works well to preview your *.php files, with PSPad's internal web browser, when:
* You have a correctly configured Web Server (like Apache); and
* You have a correctly configured PSPad (Settings > Program Settings > Web Server).
With those PSPad settings PSPad can translate the file system path and file name into the relevant URL.
For example with PSPad > Settings > Program Settings > Web Server >
* Server: localhost
* Document Root: C:\MyWebFiles\DocumentRoot\
The translation could go something like
* File System Path and File name:C:\MyWebFiles\DocumentRoot\Php\Examples\helloWorld02.php
; to
* Translated URL:http://localhost/Php/Examples/helloWorld02.php
... before loading it into the internal browser.
Is there a way to have PSPad load the translated URL directly into an external browser (Firefox, Chrome, ect)?
I see, for Highlighters Settings, the opportunity to load an External application. I also see that if you right click on the application field you get a list of variables. But I seen no obvious way to use those variables to pick up on the translated URL (from Settings > Web server).
If this is not possible then my post would count as a feature request. And I'd suggest adding this functionality to the "Settings > Web server" section, rather than the Highlighters Settings.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2015-07-02 09:11 by johnbentley.
Posted by: pspad | Date: 2015-07-02 10:31 | IP: IP Logged
yes, you can use external application too. use variable %phpfile%
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