Pressing tab in a PHP file inserts an XML tag

[nevadascout]

• VSCode Version: 1.2.1
• OS Version: OS X 10.11.5

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Type a variable in a PHP file
2. Put your cursor at the end of the variable
3. Press tab

[mrqtsfr]

Same in:

VSCode Version: 1.2.1
OS Version: Windows 10

[dbaeumer]

@aeschli do you know of anything special we are doing here?

[aeschli]

It's emmet.

[mrmlnc]

@egamma,

Maybe do as plugin for Sublime Text?

disable_tab_abbreviations_for_scopes — a comma-separated list of syntax scopes where Tab key handler should be disabled. For example, if you want disable handler inside strings of programming languages and HAML syntax, your setting will look like this:

"disable_tab_abbreviations_for_scopes": "text.haml, string"

https://github.com/sergeche/emmet-sublime#tab-key-handler

[mjbvz]

Yes, this is emmet (same problem as #13578). To disable this behavior, add the following setting:

"emmet.excludeLanguages": ["php"]

[mjbvz]

Looks like php is still acting up. The above approach works for 'markdown' and other emmet enabled languages but after adding "php" to emmet.excludeLanguages, I'm still seeing this behavior

[ramya-rao-a]

From @zackote

1. Open file with syntax set to php.
2. Type php, and press Tab to expand with Emmet

Expanding the string php with Emmet produces <php></php> instead of the far more helpful <?php ?>. I believe Sublime, Atom, etc. all address this and the <?php ?> expansion occurs.

[mrmlnc]

Well, confirm, emmet.excludeLanguages with php value does not work any more 😢

[ramya-rao-a]

@mrmlnc You mentioned here #12325 (comment) that emmet should work for PHP in VS Code now.
Did you mean that xml expansion works in php files or php expansions should work in php files?

Meaning, should this>Form>data.Encode expand to $this->Form->data['Encore'] and not

<this>
    <Form>
        <data class="Encode"></data>
    </Form>
</this>

[mrmlnc]

I mean, that when I point out php in emmet.excludeLanguages Emmet continues to work in php.

But if I point out html Emmet doest now work:

Something broke. I'll take a look today or tomorrow.

[ramya-rao-a]

@mjbvz just found that the exclusion works if you are inside the block.

[ramya-rao-a]

@mrmlnc At the moment php is not one of the supported modes for emmet correct?

As in I cannot expect this>Form>data.Encode to expand to $this->Form->data['Encore']

[mjbvz]

Yes, I did actually test this before closing this the other day :) but forgot that adding "php" to excluded languages only disables emmet inside of <?php?> blocks, and not within the whole file:

Closing this again

[mrmlnc]

just found that the exclusion works if you are inside the block.

Yes, you right. I think that sooner VS Code defined region differently (at least when we worked on this with Erich). Sorry. If I press Tab inside <?php ?> this works correctly.

[mrmlnc]

At the moment php is not one of the supported modes for emmet correct?

My apologies again. Now VS Code determines scopes of languages a little differently.

As in I cannot expect this>Form>data.Encode to expand to $this->Form->data['Encore']

As far as I know, Emmet does not work with PHP. Because Emmet has no code for this (https://github.com/emmetio/emmet/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=php) 😄.

[ramya-rao-a]

Thanks @mrmlnc