I'd LOVE to see this too please. This is one of the most important features possible - if done correctly it can save hours and hours of work, and I know how PHPEd and its fans pride themselves in the work efficiency that PHPEd imparts.

One thing I'd like to point dmitri and yfaktor to would be that due a company already has a free beautifier tool, which has been VERY buggy, but which features a pretty much everything one can imagine. I hesitate to include a URL to that product because they make a competing php editor (far inferior to PHPEd, I assure you), but you can google for the word "phpcodebeautifier" and it will come up.

I only include this information so that dmitri and yfaktor might see some of the options that this beautifier has as far as code structuring. I'm hoping that an integrated code beautifier will

- support MANY VARIOUS code standards (freeform options, not just provide templates)
- allow users to code format entire projects
- as black suggests, allow us to select a block of code to format
- allow code formatting from the workspace or file list, so that we can select a file or files and right click to code format.
- allow code formatting based on file type.
- allow us to save code formatting "profiles", which can be assigned on a per project basis. This is in case some projects are done to a client's stringent specifications which might different from another client's, or even to your own company's standards.
- allow the code formatting settings to be exported to a file which can be imported in another PHPEd. Essentially it would be cool to be able to export the code formatting and make it available as a file that you could distribute to your team. This is especially useful for OPen Source projects where team leaders can make their PHPEd code formatting settings available for download to all volunteers.

I cannot seem to get the beautifier to work. it shows in the log that it was called but the PHP code never changes. All it does is add a skeleton html page at the bottom of the php code. What am I missing?

please read this howto-use-a-php-script-for-my-editing-t753.html
Don't forget, if any of the directories contain spaces, you have to quote them.

I found my setup error but now it isn't recognizing @FName@. It says "No input file specified in the Log yet it pops up a message saying the file was externally modified. Reload?" and it shows the correct path and file name.

do you run @php@, @phpcli@, @php5@ or @php5cli@ ?

@php5@

Here is my setup string:
@php5@ -q "C:\Program Files\nusphere\php5\PEAR\PHPBeautifier\Beautifier.php" "@FName@"

I have tried @FName@ with and without quotes - same result.

I havent been too impressed with Polystyle. I dont like the way it does the formatting by default, and while I have tried to edit the style (both graphically, and from within PhpEd) it never seems to get it right. For example, I use PhpDoc extensively. For some reason, on a test file, Polystyle moved all of my phpdoc comments for the function descriptions to the top of the file... uh, wtf?

now, there is a 95% chance that I'm, doing something wrong, but to be honest, I dont have the time to learn the quirks of another product. If I change the formatting so that there is a space between the } and the word else, I dont have time to figure out why it still makes it }else.

The one rudder mentioned ([url=]phpCodeBeautifier[/url]) seems to format the code exactly the way i like it as its defaults. And the instructions on how to use it are pretty straight forward ([url]phpCodeBeautifier/manual.php[/url]). While it says there is a GUI version, I could only find a GUI for version 0.8. version 1.0.1 seems to be command line only. While the GUI does save profiles, and allows you to reuse those profiles, I cant find info on how to use a profile with the command line version. But hey, its free. Doesnt seem like it would be that hard to integrate into PhpEd, even if it was "unofficial"

What is the status of the plans to create a built-in code-beautifier for PHPEd?

I am also looking for the feature. In netbeans, it is built in and you only have to press ALT+SHIFT+F and it formats. Pretty simple.

I dont think there should be an external formatter, but PHPed should use its own built in formatter, all the major IDE's these days have their own built in Formatters.

In PhpED you can Edit->Reindent Code and it will format your file.
If you want to run this function with Ctrl-Alt-F shortcut, feel free to assign it in Tools->Settings->Editor shortcuts

I checked the Edit Menu, and i did not find Reindent code.

Dear black,
I did not mean polystyle. I meant our own NuSphere code formatter that is available in PhpED version 5.8.
You can select your piece of code and reformat it.

@Ibn Saeed



if you're using version 5.8, it should be there. If not, try Right Click on menu->Customize->Commands tab->select "Edit" in the category->scroll the pane on the right to the bottom where you can find "Re-indent code". Drag it to the menu.