Customization of OpenCart E-commerce application

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Hello,
I have downloaded opencart e-commerce application and trying to modify the index.php page but i am unable to see html coding of that page only php coding is visible.
When i view page source in browser it shows the complete html with php code in the same index.php file but when i open this file in editor it shows only php part of it

I am newbie for php please help

Posted 15-Apr-15 1:51am

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Updated 15-Apr-15 2:05am

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Sebastiaan Meijerink · Answer 1 · 2015-04-18T05:10:00

Ehm, yes.
The HTML is generated by the PHP.
That is the purpose of php.

If you are completly new to php I would suggest you do not dive into the code of something like opencart immediately.

The index.php of opencart starts an application. Not just a simple page.
There is a good change it does not contain any html generation information since that will probably be done in functions included in the source.

Most of the time there is no need to change any of the php to accompish you're goals.
If the goals is to change to look and feel. You should first change the stylesheet/css files.
If the goal is to change the behaviour, look for already made plugins first.

If none of that helps an you need to change or add php code. You should first follow some tutorials on php.