NetBeans PHP code completion for own code

Question

Recently I started using NetBeans 6.7 beta for PHP development instead of Textmate and MacGDBp. I am rather amazed with it\'s feature set and most everything worked out of t

Answer 1

What worked for me was clearing the cache, then explicitly including some key subdirectories in the Global include path. Appears that for some reason NB 6.7 wasn't recursing the directories.

Including at project level also worked Project->Properties->Include Path Netbeans 7.01 + Windows 7

Answer 2

I've tried opening your project, and the completion seems to be working just fine for me.

The only thing I can think of is to try to delete your entire NB cache, which should be located in $HOME/.netbeans/$VERSION/var/cache/. This is a wild guess

Create a backup first, I didn't try this!

If that fails, maybe you should try creating a new project, maybe that will kick NB in the butt.

Note that in NB 7.2 beta, the cache has moved to $HOME/.cache/netbeans/$VERSION.

Answer 3

If, for instance, you open a php file with netbeans without being part of a project, code completion doesn't work at all. What you need to do is to create a project having that file in it.

Tested this on NetBeans 7.0.1

Answer 4

Be aware of @property something syntax. If object something does not exists in your code anymore, NetBeans might have problems with proper code completion. Consider example:

/** in main file: **/

use ABC as _ ;

---

/** in file ABC: **/

/** 
  *  @property \Something $something
  */

---

If you do not use $something anymore, NetBeans will most likely generate an exception, thus failing to complete the code.

Answer 5

What worked for me was deleting the old nbproject folder (that was created in windows) and recreating the PHP project from existing sources. This is on NB 7.0.1 Mac OS X. Clearing the cache did not work for me.