How do I tell Netbeans that a section of code is Javascript?

Question

I'm using the Zend Framework's javascript helpers of the form:

<?php $this->headScript()->captureStart(); ?>
//Javascript here
<?php $this->headScript()->captureEnd(); ?>

//Rest of view here

The problem is that Netbeans keeps complaining about code problems in the block, because it thinks it's an HTML, rather than a Javascript, block. Plus syntax coloring is broken.

Netbeans already has special comment hinting which you can use to apply a type to a variable when it can't be resolved by Netbeans automatically to tell it that we're writing Javascript in that range, rather than HTML?

dev-null-dweller · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-01 18:48:45Z

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Something like this:

<?php  $this->headScript()->captureStart(); ?>
//<script type="text/javascript">
var validJSsyntax = true,
    netbeansJShighlighting = true,
    problem = 'solved';
//</script>
<?php $this->headScript()->captureEnd(); ?>

Of course it will produce two useless lines in your JS output, but you can modify captureEnd() method to strip those for you.

answered Nov 1, 2010 at 18:48

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Tushar Joshi Over a year ago

// is used for comments and which is incorrect syntax for HTML

dev-null-dweller Over a year ago

It is used in comment in case it would appear in <script> block (to be valid js syntax and do not throw any errors), in HTML it is just a textNode and NetBeans does not alert about using textNode inside <head> block, so it works just as OP wanted.

Billy ONeal Over a year ago

+1 for good answer, wish I could +1 again for hilarious code snippet.

Billy ONeal Over a year ago

Checkmarked + bountied because this is more readable than Tushar's answer. Both are good answers though.

Tushar Joshi · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-08 09:56:51Z

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From my knowledge this functionality is not yet implemented in the current version of NetBeans IDE that is 6.9.1. I can show you a workaround through which you can fool the NetBeans IDE to highlight the Javascript as a script section, and also keeps the PHP processor happy. It will look like following code snippet:

    <?php $this->headScript()->captureStart(); ?>
    <?php if( false ) {?><script><?php } ?>
        // keep Javascript here
    <?php if( false ) { ?></script><?php } ?>
    <?php $this->headScript()->captureEnd(); ?>

I have tested this in NetBeans IDE 6.9.1

edited May 8, 2016 at 9:56

answered Nov 1, 2010 at 18:54

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Bill the Lizard · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-03 00:12:51Z

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I was actually just reading about this yesterday in their blog:

Their HTML in PHP parsing has been flaky, especially with indenting incorrectly short/alternate form code, but the latest nightly builds (I presume those after 201010060000) have improvements in that area. I haven't tried it yet but give it a shot.

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answered Oct 7, 2010 at 17:22

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Billy ONeal Over a year ago

This is about how PHP tags are handled in general -- it doesn't tell Netbeans anything about Javascript.

Ricardo BM · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-04 08:47:50Z

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print problematic code with PHP

<script <?PHP echo 'type="text/template"?> id="Template-1">
    //your code here
</script>

If you print all script tag with PHP, NetBeans perfectlly format HTML tags

answered Jul 4, 2014 at 8:47

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Synchro Over a year ago

If NetBeans thinks that's an appropriate solution, I'd scrap it now.

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