Netbeans Php blade editor

Netbeans Php blade editor using Antlr Lexer and Parser.

[!NOTE] This is an extract of a new netbeans modules suite : https://github.com/haidubogdan/nb-18-php-blade-plugin still in development.

Installation

Requirements

Installing from package

The plugin is not uploaded on netbeans site as it is still in experimental version.

Check for relase versions at : https://github.com/haidubogdan/netbeans-php-blade-plugin/tags

1. In Netbeans open Tools -> Plugins, select Downloaded tab.
2. Click "Add plugins" and select the file from the nbm folder.
3. Select the checkbox next to the "Blade for Netbeans" plugin and click Install.
4. Restart the IDE when demanded and enjoy your new plugin.

Installing from source

1. Clone the git repository.
2. Start a new Netbeans project, choose NetBeans module as project type.
3. Setup your project.
4. Right-click on project name and choose Create NBM.
5. Install the NBM file as described in "Installing from package".

For more information refer yourself to: http://platform.netbeans.org/tutorials/nbm-google.html

Usage

Features

• Blade syntax coloring

• Declaration finder for
  • php elements
  • included paths
  • yield ids (section)
  • stack elements
• Php code completion inside expressions, and echo tags

• Brace matcher and folding

• Find template usage (only in the blade files context)

Custom directives

Project -> Properties -> Laravel Blade -> Custom Directives

Just add the php file where you added the custom directive implementation as in https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/blade#extending-blade.

VIews folder

If you use blade templates outside of the generic laravel framework or have custom templates folders you can configure them for a project.

This will help the yielid and view path completion

Reformat and indentation

Experimental formatting and indenting

Known issues

[!WARNING] .

• The duplicate file process can create a "blade_1.php" file because by default the extension of a file is the last ".*" element. So for "blade.php" the extension found is ".php"
• HTML join embedding breaks indentation especially in <script> and <style> context

brace matcher

• Emoji character can break brace matching.

completion

• slowness or process is stuck

Why Netbeans 18+ requirement ?

The plugin is implemented using ANTLR lexer and parser. I migrated from Jflex and jcup tools due to scalability reason. Antlr plugin was introduced with Netbeans 18.

Still missing

Some features are not implemented in this plugin version :

• variable completion from controller
• components completion and declaration finder
• error diagnostics for inline php code