Netbeans: Read *.tpl as PHP file

Note: On this case using Netbeans PHP IDE 7.1.2 to develop web based application using PHP language.

The benefit to read *.tpl as *.php file in Netbeans is we can use fast and smart code editing. To do this just go click Tools on menu bar, Options, Miscellaneous, Files and insert these values:

• File Extension: tpl
• Associated File Type (MIME): PHP Files (text/x-php5)
• Click OK

Figure 1. Configure file extension and MIME.

Open your *.tpl file and feel free to get the benefit. Oh yea, please see figure 2 and figure 3 below to see the differences.

Figure 2. Netbeans smart code editing.

Figure 3. Couldn't detect smart code editing.