Improve clipboard parsing to correctly handle PHP opening tags within code blocks

Author: robertpiosik

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Code Web Chat
 
-<a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=robertpiosik.gemini-coder" target="_blank"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Install-VS_Code_Marketplace-blue" alt="Get from Visual Studio Code Marketplace" /></a> <a href="https://open-vsx.org/extension/robertpiosik/gemini-coder" target="_blank"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Install-Open_VSX_Registry-a60ee5" alt="Get from Open VSX Registry" /></a>
+<a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=robertpiosik.gemini-coder" target="_blank"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Install-VS_Code_Marketplace-blue" alt="Get from Visual Studio Code Marketplace" /></a> <a href="https://open-vsx.org/extension/robertpiosik/gemini-coder" target="_blank"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Install-Open_VSX_Registry-a60ee5" alt="Get from Open VSX Registry" /></a> <a href="https://github.com/robertpiosik/CodeWebChat/blob/dev/LICENSE" target="_blank"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPL--3.0-green.svg" alt="License: GPL-3.0" /></a>
 
 Code Web Chat is a versatile, free and open-source (FOSS) AI coding tool that connects VS Code with ChatGPT, AI Studio, DeepSeek, and 10+ other free chatbots.
 
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ Available in <a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=robert
 <img src="https://github.com/robertpiosik/CodeWebChat/raw/HEAD/packages/shared/src/media/demo.gif" alt="Walkthrough" />
 </p>
 
-**How it works?**
+**The workflow**
 
-CWC is dead simple—select folders and files you want to show to the model, type instructions, and pick your favorite chatbot, to continue in the browser, or call a model provider of choice, to stay in the editor.
+Select folders and files you want to show to the model, type instructions, and pick your favorite chatbot, to continue in the browser, or call a model provider of choice, to stay in the editor.
 
-Once the response is ready, generated code blocks in the selected **EDIT FORMAT** can be applied with a single click.
+Once the response is ready, generated code blocks in the selected **EDIT FORMAT** can be applied with a single click!
 
 | EDIT FORMAT | Token usage | File operations        |
 | ----------- | :---------: | ---------------------- |
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ Once the response is ready, generated code blocks in the selected **EDIT FORMAT*
 
 <small>\* Requires the Intelligent Update API tool to apply.</small>
 
-> "Whole" and "truncated" edit formats are reliable with cheaper models, while "diff" is fast and may require a more capable one—like Gemini 2.5 Pro.
-
 **Guiding principles**
 
 - Initialize chatbots—don't scrape responses

packages/vscode/package.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "gemini-coder",
   "displayName": "Code Web Chat",
   "description": "CWC connects VS Code with ChatGPT, AI Studio, DeepSeek, and 10+ other free chatbots. Saves you money and time.",
-  "version": "1.396.0",
+  "version": "1.397.0",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "npx vsce package --no-dependencies",
     "vscode:prepublish": "rimraf out && npm run compile",

packages/vscode/src/commands/apply-chat-response-command/utils/clipboard-parser/clipboard-parser.spec.ts

@@ -305,6 +305,20 @@ describe('clipboard-parser', () => {
         load_test_case_file('markdown-with-nested-code-block', 'file-1.txt')
       )
     })
+
+    it('should handle php opening tag before filename', () => {
+      const text = load_test_case_file('php-opening-tag', 'php-opening-tag.txt')
+      const result = parse_multiple_files({
+        response: text,
+        is_single_root_folder_workspace: true
+      })
+
+      expect(result).toHaveLength(1)
+      expect(result[0].file_path).toBe('src/index.php')
+      expect(result[0].content).toBe(
+        load_test_case_file('php-opening-tag', 'file-1.txt')
+      )
+    })
   })
 
   describe('parse_file_content_only', () => {

packages/vscode/src/commands/apply-chat-response-command/utils/clipboard-parser/clipboard-parser.ts

@@ -359,6 +359,15 @@ export const parse_multiple_files = (params: {
           const trimmed_line = line.trim()
           let extracted_filename: string | null = null
 
+          if (trimmed_line.startsWith('<?php')) {
+            if (current_content) {
+              current_content += '\n' + line
+            } else {
+              current_content = line
+            }
+            continue
+          }
+
           const is_comment =
             trimmed_line.startsWith('//') ||
             trimmed_line.startsWith('#') ||

packages/vscode/src/commands/apply-chat-response-command/utils/clipboard-parser/test-cases/php-opening-tag/file-1.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<?php
+echo "Hello, World!";

packages/vscode/src/commands/apply-chat-response-command/utils/clipboard-parser/test-cases/php-opening-tag/php-opening-tag.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+```php
+<?php
+// src/index.php
+echo "Hello, World!";
+```