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Dreamweaver destroying php-code

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November 5, 2016
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why does Dreamweaver change my code from this id="<?php echo "$id"; ?> to this id="<?php echo " $id "; ?> when I use automatic code formatting

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Correct answer Nancy OShea

Shouldn't that be

id="<?php echo $id;?>"

Nancy O.

fraktalfabrik

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I have noticed more than once that DW 2017 (b9314) formatting ruins working PHP code.

I've tried this repeatedly and it always does the same. Would like to know if this is happening for others (?)

Just copying the below code into a PHP doc

<?

$self = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];

$self = str_replace('Entry_amp','Entry',$self);

?><!doctype html>

and running EDIT->CODE->APPLY SOURCE FORMATTING turns it into something that is logically completely different:

<?= $self ?>

_SERVER[ 'HTTP_HOST' ] . $_SERVER[ 'PHP_SELF' ];

$self = str_replace( 'Entry_amp', 'Entry', $self );

?>

<!doctype html>

Further down it also destroys any AMP code that is "space sensitive". That, I can live with, it's almost to be expected (albeit of course it'd be nice if DW was smart enough to avoid that).
But doing the above change to the code is a real pain. How can "formatting" of the code change the actual order of the characters?

BenPleysier

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fraktalfabrik

Participating Frequently

After the update I can no longer repeat the above outcome. Progress But it's still buggy. Example:

(note: code starts off with 2 empty line-breaks and 2 spaces. Can't really see this here. If I delete the whitespace it works)

<?

if(!isset($state)){

$state = STATE;

}

<

?

if ( !isset( $state ) ) {

$state = STATE;

}

It breaks up the a <? tag and adds a line break.

Even more weird and annoying is that it also turns

<? } ?>

into

<

?

}

?>

Am I missing something here? This seems really strange behavior. I couldn't think of a single example where breaking up the tag is "right" thing to do. The opposite.

Rob Hecker2

Legend

Please specify the version of DW that is doing this.

I've never seen DW do this. I have not upgraded to DW 2017 yet.

Anyway, Nancy is right that the quotes in the PHP code serve no purpose and removing them may fix the problem.

Nancy OShea

Correct answer

Community Expert

Shouldn't that be

id="<?php echo $id;?>"

Nancy O.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

id="<?php echo $id;?>"

id="<?php echo $id;?>"

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