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Ignacio Alderete
674 Pointsinstall php on mac osx
When Im going to save my file into my htdocs folder appears a windows where says that I cannot save the document with extension php at the end of the name. The required extension is ".rtf". or use both
6 Answers
Mike Costa
Courses Plus Student 26,362 PointsBailey Yordnoff Textedit can save php files. In the preferences, there's 2 sections, "New Document", where you should check off "plain text" which will remove all of textedit's formatting. On the second section, "Open and Save", there's a checkbox for "add .txt extension to plain text files". If you uncheck that, save the file, and give it the .php extension, it should save with no problems.
James Barnett
39,199 Points> Should I use a different text Editor?
You can use Textedit, however that's making it hard on yourself, instead use a programming text editor. A good free option for OS X is Text Wrangler.
Ignacio Alderete
674 PointsTextEdit from mac
Ignacio Alderete
674 PointsShould I use a different text Editor?
by4
34 PointsTextEdit cannot save in any other format than RTF. Download and use Sublime Text for free at the link there. It's what Treehouse instructors use, and can save in almost any format.
Ignacio Alderete
674 PointsOK. I will do Thanks Balley
by4
34 Pointsby4
34 PointsWhat program are you using to write your code?