.php extension just won't appear in the 'New' context menu

Hello Denno, and welcome to Seven Forums.

See if this tutorial below may be able to help. Afterwards, set the PHP file extension to be opened with the Dreamweaver.exe file by default in Default Programs. Be sure to log off and on to apply the new context menu item.

New Context Menu - Add PHP Extension

Hope this helps,
Shawn

You could set the default program to be anything you like for .php files to open with. I was just using Dreamweaver as an example from what you had in your first post. That's all. :)

Does the PHP option show up in the "New" context menu now?

FileTypesMan can be used to edit right click entries. FileTypesMan - Alternative to 'File Types' manager of Windows

Brink, I could kiss you!! It's working :).
I went through the tutorial, but it wasn't showing in the context menu when I completed that. So I went into default programs as you said, the default was already Notepad++, but I changed it to Dreamweaver, waited for it to apply, then the option was there!! I have now changed the default program back to Notepad++ and it's still there.

Thank you very much for your help everyone!

ADDITION:
Just in case anyone happens to come across this thread, I would like to also add that I have just created a template file called template.php, placed that in {your_user_name}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates, and added a new string value to the ShellNew key in the registry for the .php file-type. The new string value is called FileName, and it's data value is the full path to the template file (C:\Users\{your_user_name}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\template.php).

The neat thing about this is that inside the .php file, I've added the opening php tag, a few new lines, and then the closing php tag. This will now appear in every single new PHP file that I create, anywhere on my computer! :). Who could have though the New context menu could be so cool! lol.

You're most welcome Denno. I'm glad that we were able to help. :)

Just to help clarify why the context menu may not have displayed at first, did you log off and log on after going though that tutorial to apply the context menu before going into default programs?

Ah, ok. That could be then. Thank you for posting back with this. :)