Autocompletion for custom PHP classes in Sublime Text 2/3

Question

How can I get autocomplete in Sublime Text 2 (or 3) to work with built-in and custom PHP functions, methods and classes?

In Atom I've got it working with built-in functions, like this:

In Sublime it lists built-in functions and some custom classes (after awhile) but without any arguments. Nothing else works.

Packages I've tried:

• All Autocomplete
• PHP Companion
• PHP Completions Kit
• SublimeCodeIntel

Solution 1

Highly recommend checking out Matt Stauffer's post on using Sublime Text 3 for PHP development.

https://mattstauffer.co/blog/sublime-text-3-for-php-developers

I am using SublimeCodeIntel. The trick for me was to ensure that the php interpreter was referenced correctly. Go to Sublime Text Preferences > Package Settings > SublimeCodeIntel > Settings - Default. Check that the language setting for php references the correct location for your php command, which you can find with which php in Terminal.

"codeintel_language_settings": {
        ...
        "PHP": {
            "php": "/usr/bin/php",
            "codeintel_scan_extra_dir": [],
            "codeintel_scan_files_in_project": true,
            "codeintel_max_recursive_dir_depth": 15,
            "codeintel_scan_exclude_dir":["/usr/bin/php/"]
        }
    }

If that block is wrong, copy to SublimCodeIntel user settings and modify as needed.

Solution 2

You can try PHPintel

Install PHPintel using Package Control
Create or open a project with PHP files
Run the command PHPIntel: Scan Project command from the command palette

After the initial scan, PHP files will be automatically re-scanned whenever you save them.

https://github.com/jotson/SublimePHPIntel

Comments

[Иван Светушков]

Thanks, it seems like it suggests all available classes now. Though it still doesn't show the arguments for the constructor or the methods.

[MrBuBBLs]

Sorry but that package didn't work for me and it also has the really annoying process of adding a '.phpintel' folder under each folder opened in the project. Finally, as I write this, that extension is dead (no update since may '16).