SublimeText 3's PHP syntax behaving like HTML syntax (for comments)

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I'm editing a saved .php file in Sublime Text 3 (build 3126 for mac), and when I try to comment something out using cmd+/, Sublime inserts the standard HTML comment

<!-- -->

Sublime does not comment out when I try to use DocBlocks, /* */, # or //.

I've checked and Sublime is currently set to PHP syntax, as it should be. The Build System is set to Automatic. Has anyone ever experienced this and do you know of a fix? I couldn't find this problem anywhere on StackExchange and the only thing I found on Google was:

https://forum.sublimetext.com/t/cant-set-syntax-to-php/7478/8

Since their symptoms don't exactly match mine, I thought I'd ask here before I go as far as clearing caches that I don't know much about.

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1 Answers

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Maybe this answer is too simple, but it might be your case:

In SublimeText3 when opening comments using Ctrl+/ or Ctrl+Shift+/:

  1. When editing brand-new empty saved .php file, sublime use HTML comments <\!-- -->

  2. But when you open a PHP tag, AND your cursor is inside it, Sublime uses right PHP comments /* */ or //

So it's context sensitive. It uses PHP comments only inside PHP code fragments.

Remember that PHP opening tag is required even in pure PHP-code files.