Issue
I am trying to create a php application with existing source in NetBeans. So I opened my NetBeans > File > New Project > PHP Application with existing source, After clicking NEXT it went to 'Name and Location' page. after browsing my source folder I get this error
Sources folder is already NetBeans project (maybe only in memory).
I went to my source folder and removed 'nbproject' folder. After that I was able to create project successfully. After that I noticed NetBeans generated new 'nbproject' folder.
Should I replace the new 'nbproject' folder created by NetBeans with my old 'nbproject' folder?
Solution
nbproject
folder is for current NetBeans files, as your recent opened files or any other settings. If you had some important changes in settings in your old nbproject
, and all the files/paths are the same - you can overwrite new with old one, but i believe that's not the case.
Answered By - Paweł Tomkiel
Answer Checked By - David Goodson (JavaFixing Volunteer)