Using windows search to find text in php files?
 

Out of the box windows does not search inside php files for text or strings. Does anyone have a fix/workaround for this?

this is something I'm interested in too. Here's a bump so it doesn't fall to the third page before we get an answer :)

Dreamweaver have that option.

Thanks.
It's impractical to open a few thousand or more php files in dreamweaver to find a few that might contain the search string.

have u tried editplus or notepad++ ?

mass edit + backup in case you screwed up ;)

They don't need to be open to search them. There is a dropdown to search either open documents, or folders.

nevermind, found an awesome reg file to take care of it:

http://www.sellsbrothers.com/tools/F...sionsForXP.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\ContentIndex]
"FilterFilesWithUnknownExtensions"=dword:00000 001