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:

headScript()->captureStart(); ?>
//Javascript here
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Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

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