25
Oct

Converting Tabs to Spaces in PHPeclipse

Posted by: ThinkingSerious
in Programming
In order to maintain harmony among several developers it is important to follow some core standards. With Symfony, it is standard practice to use a two space convention. Here is how to make PHPEclipse honor this policy while still allowing you to use the tab button.
  1. I recommend this distribution. Note that you need to start this program in administrator mode if you are using Vista.
  2. Window -> Preferences
  3. PHPeclipse Web Development-> PHP
  4. Go to the Appearance tab
  5. Set “Displayed tab width” to 2
  6. Go to the Typing tab
  7. Check “Insert spaces for tab”
  8. Click Apply and OK
Thanks to Isaac Saldana, of LinRails fame for this tip.
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j0kerz said,         
October 25 2007

You can also use Anyedit to keep your tabs and spaces in check >=)

http://andrei.gmxhome.de/anyedit/

Setup:

1) Help -> Software Updates -> Find and Install.
2) Search for new features to install -> Next -> New Remote Site…”
3)Use the http://andrei.gmxhome.de/eclipse/ as url.

The website has some good tips on how to get the best of Anyedit.

Just another suggestion/alternative =)

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