Text searching all scripts

From: Malaclypse (autodementia_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 04/29/04 

Date: 29 Apr 2004 13:49:35 -0700

I have a question that doesn't have to do with coding PHP so much as
working with .php files on my own machine.

For .html files, I really like being able to use Windows Explorer's
native "search files" feature to look for specific words within a
file. If I want to find all HTML pages that, say, reference a certain
JavaScript function or have a certain CSS file include, I just do a
search in the relevant folder and pop that info into the "A word or
phrase in the file" field and bingo, any .html file with that function
call or file include pops right up.

I'd really like to do the same thing with .php files (and .asp and
other types of scripts) but Explorer's search function simply won't
look at these files with more "obscure" suffixes like it will with
.html, .txt and other such files.

Is there any way I can change the parameters of Explorer's search
function to include .php files etc. in the list of types of files it
will analyze in this way for searches? (I'm using XP Pro, BTW)

Or, if that isn't possible, is there some sort of script or program
out there that will search for text strings in all .php and other
script files within a folder?

TIA,
 -Chris

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