NetBeans. Code Completion. PHP

Question

I use something like this:

index.php(entryPoint)

<?php
include 'view.php';
$view= new View;

$view->a=5;
$view->render('index.tpl');

---

view.php
<?

clas View{    
   public function render($file){     
        include 'templates/'.$file;
   }
}

---

templates/index.tpl


<?php /* @var $this View */?>
//some html
<?php $this->| ?> /*I want to see "a" incode completion here
                  How it is possible?

I know that something like this are allowed in ZendFramework plugin Maybe I can add it with my framework? some other html */

UPD: I want to see properties which I used in index.php in code completion in index.tpl Properties should not be listed in view php as properties

Answer 1

This won't work:

<?php /* @var $this Viewer */?>

And there are a few reasons for that. First, docblocks start with /** not just /* . Also you declare $this to be an instance of Viewer , but the actual class name is View . That doesn't match, so you won't get any code completion (or at least not the expected code completion). So you should use:

<?php /** @var $this View */?>

Also, if you want access to properties, you should declare them. That's the only way Netbeans will know about the properties.

I have not tested if specifying a class for $this in a docblock will actually work.