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<h1>Creating PHP Projects 
 </h1>
<p>PHP projects are the containers within which all PHP and other application 
 files should be created.</p>
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			 style="font-weight: bold;">To create a new PHP project:</p>
		<ol type="1">
			<li class="p" style="margin-left: -20px; font-weight: normal;"><p>From 
			 the menu bar, go to <span style="font-weight: bold;"><b>File 
			 | New | PHP Project</b></span><br>
			-Or- In PHP Explorer view, right-click and select <span style="font-weight: bold;"><b>New 
			 | PHP Project</b></span>.<br>
			The New PHP Project wizard is displayed.</p></li>
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			<li class="p" style="margin-left: -20px; font-weight: normal;"><p 
				 style="font-weight: normal;">Enter the following information:</p></li>
		</ol>
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			<li style="margin-left: -20px;" type="square"><p>Project name 
			 - The required project name</p></li>
			
			<li style="margin-left: -20px;" type="square"><p>Contents - 
			 Select whether to:</p></li>
			<li type="disc"><p>Create a new project in the workspace - 
			 Creates a new PHP project in the workspace directory.
			  </p></li>
			<li type="disc"><p>Create a project from existing source - 
			 Creates a PHP project pointing to files situated outside of 
			 the workspace.<br>
			Click <span style="font-weight: bold;"><b>Browse</b></span> to select 
			 the required source content.</p></li>
			
			<li style="margin-left: -20px;" type="square"><p>PHP Version 
			 - Select whether to:</p></li>
			
			<li type="disc"><p>Use default PHP settings - Uses the default 
			 PHP Interpreter settings.</p></li>
			<li type="disc"><p>Use project specific settings - Select the 
			 PHP version to be used for the project and whether ASP tags 
			 are used as PHP tags.<br>
			See <a href="php_support.htm">PHP Version Support</a> for more 
			 information</p></li>
			<li style="margin-left: -20px;" type="square"><p>Project Layout 
			 - Select whether to:</p></li>
			<li style="margin-left: -20px;" type="disc"><p style="margin-left: 24px;">Use 
			 project as source folder - All resources within the project 
			 will be added to the Build Path by default.</p></li>
			<li style="margin-left: -20px;" type="disc"><p style="margin-left: 24px;">Create 
			 separate folders for source files and public resources - Separate 
			 folders will be created in which you can place resources which 
			 should be included or excluded from the Build Path.<br>
			See <a href="configuring_build_paths.htm">Configuring a Project's 
			 PHP Build Path</a> for more information.<span style="margin-left: 12px;"><br>
			The default setting for this option can be configured from 
			 the <a href="new_project_layout_preferences.htm">New Project 
			 Layout Preferences</a> page.</span></p></li>
			<li style="margin-left: -20px;" type="square"><p>JavaScript 
			 Support - Mark the 'Enable JavaScript support for this project' 
			 checkbox for JavaScript functionality (e.g. JavaScript Content 
			 Assist options) to be available to the project.<br>
			See <a href="enabling_javascript_support_in_php_projects.htm">Enabling 
			 JavaScript Support in PHP Projects</a> for more information.</p></li>
		</ul>
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			<li class="p" style="margin-left: -20px;"><p>Click <span style="font-weight: bold;"><b>Next</b></span> 
			 to <a href="adding_elements_to_a_project_s_include_path.htm">configure 
			 the project's Include Path</a> (this can also be done following 
			 the project creation).</p></li>
			
		</ol>
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			<li class="p" style="margin-left: -20px;"><p>Click <span style="font-weight: bold;"><b>Next</b></span> 
			 to <a href="configuring_build_paths.htm">configure the project's 
			 PHP Build Path</a> (this can also be done following project 
			 creation).</p></li>
			<li class="p" style="margin-left: -20px;"><p>Click<span style="font-weight: bold;"><b> 
			 Finish</b></span>.</p></li>
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		<td colspan="2" style="width: 100%; padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px;"><p>The 
		 new PHP project will be created in your workspace and displayed 
		 in <a href="php_explorer_view.htm">PHP Explorer View</a>.</p>
		<p>You can now start to develop your application by <a href="file_creation.htm">creating 
		 PHP Files</a> or adding other resources to your project.</p></td>
		
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