PhpStorm: any way to change file type dynamically

Question

I failed to find any information on how to change file type dynamically for PhpStorm. For example I need to deal with HTML files, which could have some PHP, Twig markup, embedded JS at the same time.

It is of course possible to choose the type via Preferences -> File Types, but the pattern can be registered for one file type only, and this is a problem.

It is not possible to enable multiple types for a single file, and it is not convenient at all to switch types via settings all the time.

You cannot use "Open as" or change language on the fly -- youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-113835 and related tickets — LazyOne
Check comments there. At very least youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-103297 got priority boosted to "Major" from "Normal" earlier this month .. so it may be implemented in one of the 2019.x releases. Ask that in that ticket as devs/support team should know more than me (ordinary IDE user) — LazyOne

LazyOne LazyOne · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-21T10:30:58

You cannot use "Open as" or change language on the fly.

Please follow these and related tickets (star/vote/comment) to get notified on any progress:

https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-113835
https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-103297 (recently got Priority boosted from "Normal" to "Major")

PhpStorm: any way to change file type dynamically

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