Searching for PHP Elements

This procedure describes how to search for PHP elements (classes, functions and constants) within your files and projects.

 

 

To search for a PHP element:

  1. From the Menu Bar, select Search | Search -or- press Ctrl+H.
    A PHP Search dialog will open.

  1. Enter a search string.

  2. Select whether to search for a class, function or constant.

  3. Select whether to search in:

  4. Workspace - the entire workspace

  5. Selected resources - Select these in PHP Explorer view before opening the Source dialog

  6. Enclosing projects - The projects which the selected resources are in.

  7. Working Set - Click 'Choose' to select the required Working Set.

  1. Click Search.

The search view will open displaying the results of the search.

To go to an element, double-click the required option from the search view.

Note:

By default, the File Search, Plug-in Search and Java Search dialogs will be tabbed with the PHP Search dialog. To make these unavailable, click Customize within the PHP Search dialog and unmark required options.

 

 

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