While reading through the WordPress Coding Standards, I read some good advice to follow when using ternary operators.

To keep things from getting confusing when using ternary operators, always have the statements test for true instead of false.

// (if statement is true) ? (do this) : (if false, do this);
$basketballteam = ( 'lakers' == $team ) ? 'champions' : 'blah';

In the example above, you’ll notice that the variable is on the right side of the comparison. This way, if an equal sign is omitted, a parse error will be thrown and execution will halt. If you can save one bug, do it.

Problem

By default, Windows will not search the contents of certain file types. This makes it very frustrating for anyone trying to locate the occurrence of words or phrases within a group of files.

A Few Details

First off, I am running Windows 7 and since I am a PHP developer, the solutions I provide will allow you to search the file contents of PHP files. However, this should work for other file types that Windows has trouble searching within.

A while back, I solved this problem and was able to search for text inside of PHP files but that was when I had Windows Search Indexing enabled.

Now, I’ve installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 and disabled Search Indexing in hopes of improving my system’s performance. To get this to work it requires you make a few minor changes to the Registry but please use caution when doing so. Incorrect changes to the Registry can cripple Windows.

Solution

1. Press ‘WinKey + R’ and type regedit then hit ‘Enter’.
2. Expand the ‘HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT’ list and scroll down until you see ‘.php’.
3. Right click on ‘.php’ and select New >Key.
4. Rename the newly created key ‘PersistentHandler’.
5. With the ‘PersistentHandler’ key selected, set the value of (Default) to
   ‘{5E941D80-BF96-11CD-B579-08002B30BFEB}‘ without the single quotes.
6. Exit out of the Registry.
7. Restart your computer.

The end result will look something like this…

Search in File Contents

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Place this code at the top of your PHP script.

if ( stristr( $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'], basename( __FILE__ ) ) ) { exit( 'No direct script access allowed' ); }

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Problem

Windows ignores text inside of PHP files because it doesn’t recognize them. This makes it very difficult to search for specific words or phrases inside of PHP files.

Solution

If you have Windows Search Indexing disabled, view this solution. Otherwise continue with the steps below.

1. Perform a search on the Start Menu for “indexing”. In the results, click on “Indexing Options”.
2. With “Indexing Options” open, click on the “Advanced” button.
3. Click on the “File Types” tab and scroll down the list until you see php in the Extension column.
4. Click on php to select it, then select the radio button below that reads “Index Properties and File Contents”.
5. Click OK. Click Close.
6. Restart your computer.

Search within PHP files

Now when you perform a search for a word, you will be able to click “Search in File Contents” and it will search all the text inside of the PHP files and return results for your query. That’s all there is to it.

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