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php content assist autocompletion help [message #635205]

Tue, 26 October 2010 00:42

Ben K

Messages: 27
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

is there anyway i can 'teach' content assist autocompletion in eclipse pdt what object my variable contains?

autocompletion stops working if i am in a function (with object passed as a parameter) or if my object is stored in a superglobal such as :

$_SESSION['user_db_handler']

i.e.
$smarty = new Smarty();
$smarty-> (this will autocomplete with ctrl-space)
$test_one =& $smarty;
$_SESSION['smarty'] =& $smarty;
$test_one-> (this will autocomplete)
$_SESSION['smarty' ->( this will not autocomplete)
test($smarty);

function test(&$smarty){
$smarty-> (this will not autocomplete)
}

anyone know how i can tell the autocompleter that my $_SESSION['smarty'] or $_SESSION['db'] holds a database object so autocomplete works?
thanks in advance!

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Re: php content assist autocompletion help [message #639072 is a reply to message #635205]

Mon, 15 November 2010 08:23

True

Messages: 3
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

Use a strict type for the $smarty parameter:

function test (Smarty &$smarty)
{
$smarty-> (this should autocomplete)
}

Or use the phpdoc hints:

/**
*
* @param $smarty Smarty
*/
function test (&$smarty)
{
$smarty-> (this should autocomplete too)
}

Another phpdoc hint will help for general type issues, but you have to use simple variables -> there are no hints for arrays at all (except $GLOBALS which accesses the simple global vars)

Or use the phpdoc hints:

/**
*
* @param Smarty $smarty
*/
function test (&$smarty)
{
$smarty-> (this should autocomplete too)

/* @var $db DB */
$db = &$_SESSION["db"];
}

The @var phpdoc declaration is the only one, which type is defined after the variable name

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