How do I highlight built-in variables in PHP that are not already highlighted?

Pete Norris · Jun 9, 2016, 6:37 PM

Hello Notepad++ forum!

Question: How do I highlight built-in variables in PHP that are not already highlighted?

I have noticed that variables like “real_escape_string” and “num_rows” are not highlighted.

I have got Notepad++ version 6.9.2.

Thank you in advance.

Jim Dailey · Jun 9, 2016, 7:09 PM

@Pete-Norris You could try adding them to the Keywords section of the php Language in the langs.xml file.

Pete Norris · Jun 10, 2016, 2:24 AM

Jim;

All I could find was langs.model.xml. It’s in the Notepad++ root directory (Notepad++\langs.model.xml)

I added real_escape_string in the langs.model.xml file and it did not seem to work.

Are there any other suggestions?

Thanks.

Jim Dailey · Jun 10, 2016, 3:44 PM

@Pete-Norris My bad–wrong file. I have made additions to the C language section of the stylers.xml file. This allowed me to highlight various “words” with different highlighting.

You should look for LexerType name=“php” and add your new keywords to whatever WordsStyle you want to be used to highlight them.