Create your own language tag for a PHP project template

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Create your own language tag for a PHP project template

валера карманов 396

Hello! I'm using VS 2019. I want to create my own project template in PHP that will open or create a new folder.
First, I need to create a new language tag (which is shown in the picture). How to do this and can it be done in general?

PengGe-MSFT 3,386 Reputation points

2021-11-02T08:49:41.647+00:00

Hi, @валера карманов
I created a template with reference to this document and modified the <LanguageTag> in the .vstemplate XML file with my language tag, but it didn't work.

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PengGe-MSFT 3,386 Reputation points

2021-11-02T08:49:41.647+00:00

Hi, @валера карманов
I created a template with reference to this document and modified the <LanguageTag> in the .vstemplate XML file with my language tag, but it didn't work.

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Ryan Hill 30,326 Microsoft Employee Moderator

I've never done this myself @валера карманов but https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/extensibility/creating-custom-project-and-item-templates?view=vs-2019 is a good place to start. It outlines how to create and deploy your template as a VSIX.

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RLWA32 51,536

When creating a new project template the visual studio 2019 built-in tags that can be used for language, platform and project type are listed here template-tags

валера карманов 396 Reputation points

2021-11-02T05:48:25.21+00:00

Is it possible to create your own language tags?
RLWA32 51,536 Reputation points

2021-11-02T08:27:10.003+00:00

I've never had the need --the built-in tags were appropriate for my own project templates.
валера карманов 396 Reputation points

2021-11-02T08:41:55.547+00:00

And I need a language tag in PHP
RLWA32 51,536 Reputation points

2021-11-02T13:39:25.4+00:00

For what its worth, I took an existing project template for a C++ project and modified the language tag and description. VS2019 recognized the language tag as seen below --

Pulldown menu -

Filtered project list -
валера карманов 396 Reputation points

2021-11-02T13:47:08.677+00:00

Please show your "vstemplate" file

RLWA32 51,536

This is the modified C++ project template -

<VSTemplate Version="3.0.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/vstemplate/2005" Type="Project">
  <TemplateData>
    <Name>PHPProj</Name>
    <Description>Create a new PHP Project</Description>
    <ProjectType>VC</ProjectType>
    <ProjectSubType>
    </ProjectSubType>
    <LanguageTag>PHP</LanguageTag>
    <PlatformTag>windows</PlatformTag>
    <ProjectTypeTag>console</ProjectTypeTag>
    <SortOrder>1000</SortOrder>
    <CreateNewFolder>true</CreateNewFolder>
    <DefaultName>Basic</DefaultName>
    <ProvideDefaultName>true</ProvideDefaultName>
    <LocationField>Enabled</LocationField>
    <EnableLocationBrowseButton>true</EnableLocationBrowseButton>
    <Icon>__TemplateIcon.ico</Icon>
  </TemplateData>
  <TemplateContent>
    <Project TargetFileName="Project1.vcxproj" File="Project1.vcxproj" ReplaceParameters="true">
      <ProjectItem ReplaceParameters="true" TargetFileName="$projectname$.vcxproj.filters">Project1.vcxproj.filters</ProjectItem>
      <ProjectItem ReplaceParameters="true" TargetFileName="$projectname$.cpp">Source.cpp</ProjectItem>
    </Project>
  </TemplateContent>
</VSTemplate>

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