A recent requested change was made to Custom Component Devpacks which allowed you to have .php files in the templates folder whereas previously you could only have .html files. This change meant it was easier to edit PHP code files in an editor such as Nova as the syntax would be highlighted correct…

@logrunner give beta 34 a whirl and let us know if the html rendering in PHP components is now working for you :folded_hands: [image] Elements Beta 34 (Build 23213) optical_diskBuilds Hello again, Following up on Beta 33 from Tuesday , Beta 34 brings a mix of …

I frequently encounter the same issue where custom components don’t render in the editor, forcing me to switch to preview mode. This does diminish the WYSIWYG principle of Elements. Are there guidelines to maximize rendering in Edit mode?

No, we’ve never rendered PHP in the editor. Javascript and PHP only get run/rendered in the Browser Preview. This is a safety/security measure so the editor doesn’t get broken or messed with.

[image] Bartje: I frequently encounter the same issue where custom components don’t render in the editor, forcing me to switch to preview mode. This is probably because you’re using Javascript in a Custom Component and that doesn’t get rendered in the editor.

@dan I understand that you don’t render PHP; what I am asking for is that you treat a .php file as if it where a .html file. If I have PHP code in file that has a filetype of .html, the file renders OK, Elements ignores the PHP. This was working fine until I changed the filetype to .php in the the …

Oh! In that case it sounds like a bug, php files should be getting processed just like html files. Can you send us the dev pack (or a sample) showing the bug? so we can look into it and get it fixed.

@dan I have emailed you some test files. :slight_smile:

@dan : the @if(edit) is a good solution. Definitely to display the styling of a component in the editor. The preview mode can then be easily used for the data.

@logrunner Thanks for the file, I have tested it here and the PHP file is getting processed by Elements as you can see by the colour values changing when I preview it in Safari — Is this not what you get? Edit: we’re just looking into this further… to see if we can improve things.

@dan , just to clarify what I meant. Yes it is working for me in safari, that isn’t the issue. It isn’t working in the Editor. The only difference between the two Components (PHP Test and HTML Test) is the filetype in the Components Template folder. Both components contain PHP code. If I change the …

[image] logrunner: I am requesting that if the editor sees a .php file, it treats it as .html and renders it in the Editor. :slightly_smiling_face: Yup, understood :+1: I have added this high-up on the bug list to take a look at!

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dan (Dan) January 30, 2025, 6:01pm 12

@logrunner give beta 34 a whirl and let us know if the html rendering in PHP components is now working for you