Search inside files skips php files?

I have thousands of html, javascript and php files and I'm looking for files
that contain a specific string. If I search the folder containing the files I
can see all the .html and .js files but the search doesn't show any of the
..php files even though there are plenty of files with the string inside.

How can I force the search to look inside php files. I've already added .php
to the indexing options in the control panel but still I can't search php
files. I just typed the string to the search box, clicked search and then
clicked on the advanced search to enable searching inside files and clicked
to look files that aren't indexed. Doesn't go through .php files. I also set
the search to index the folder but still I can't search .php files.

Any ideas? This is driving me crazy since the new search was one of the key
features why I got Vista Business in the first place.

Thanks!

I think you need to add .php to the list of file extensions indexed in
Indexing Options Control Panel -> Advanced -> File Types -> Add new
extension. AFter that you need to rebuild the index to pick up the changes.

"Hare" <Hare@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1397F1F9-70F6-41AE-8A36-F96F21EBDBB6@microsoft.com...
>I have thousands of html, javascript and php files and I'm looking for
>files
> that contain a specific string. If I search the folder containing the
> files I
> can see all the .html and .js files but the search doesn't show any of the
> .php files even though there are plenty of files with the string inside.
>
> How can I force the search to look inside php files. I've already added
> .php
> to the indexing options in the control panel but still I can't search php
> files. I just typed the string to the search box, clicked search and then
> clicked on the advanced search to enable searching inside files and
> clicked
> to look files that aren't indexed. Doesn't go through .php files. I also
> set
> the search to index the folder but still I can't search .php files.
>
> Any ideas? This is driving me crazy since the new search was one of the
> key
> features why I got Vista Business in the first place.
>
> Thanks!

Hi Hare,

Here is a link that explains how to do what Dave Wood suggested.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/69581-indexing-options.html?ltr=I

Hope this helps,
Shawn

I'm having trouble just searching inside HTML files. I know the string is in the file but when I clikc on search it doesn't show anything. I checked the indexing options and html is added. However, this shouldn't matter because I click on "Include non-indexed, hidden, and system files..." checkbox so it should search it regardless of whether it is added to indexing options or not.

After that search I click on the "search in file contents" and it doesn't show anything. So I'm just wondering, did I miss some setting that I can't search inside HTML files?

thanks

Hare, I am unclear about exactly what you did in Indexing Options in Control Panel, but this page purports to have the solution to your exact problem:

Search for Text Inside of PHP Files with Vista · JoshStauffer.com