[news.eclipse.tools.php] Re: Create new project with existing sources

[Michael Spector <spektom@xxxxxxxxx>]

Tu wrote:

> Assume I checked out my PHP project with svn outside Eclipse.
> 
> In PDT, I do:
> - switch workspace to the base directory of the sources
> - do New > PHP Project
> - in the PHP Project Creation window, I give as Project name the name of
> one of the existing directories, and I let the checkbox "Use default"
> checked
> 
> Unfortunately the Next or Finish buttons are not enabled and message "A
> project already exists on the file system at this location: ..." prevents
> me to go further.

Eclipse checks whether file ".project" exists in that location.

The proper way to load your project into PDT, is to use Import->Existing
Project into workspace.

-- 
Michael