How to extends php.snippets to html in Ultisnips?

Question

I want to enable html snippets for php files. The Ultisnips manual said what I need to do is put extends html command at the beginning of the php.snippets file. But it doesn't work. HTML snippets still aren't showing up. How do I extend it properly?

Answer 1

It's difficult to point out where your problem is, since you didn't really describe what exactly you did; but this is how I added a custom PHP snippet file:

• I installed http://github.com/SirVer/ultisnips and http://github.com/honza/vim-snippets

• I created ~/.vim/UltiSnips/php.snippets with the contents:

  extends php, html
  
  snippet 42
  The universe, life, and everything
  endsnippet
  

• After opening a new Vim, I can use 42<Tab>, and the standard PHP snippets (eg. if<Tab>), and HTML snippets (eg. div<Tab>).

See :help UltiSnips-adding-snippets for more information.

Answer 2

You did the opposite. You should have written extends php in your html.snippets file. Then you can open a myfile.php and start using html snippets.