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Bug 213428

Summary:	Auto completion not working inside comments.
Product:	php	Reporter:	jkaushalya
Component:	Editor	Assignee:	Ondrej Brejla <obrejla>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	amobilia
Priority:	P2
Version:	7.1.2
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:
Attachments:	Screen Shot

Description jkaushalya 2012-06-02 16:14:48 UTC

Product Version = NetBeans IDE 7.1.2 (Build 201204101705)
Operating System = Windows 7 version 6.1 running on amd64
Java; VM; Vendor = 1.6.0_25
Runtime = Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 20.0-b11

In PHP projects auto completion is not working inside the comments. For example, after /* @var It must show the variable names when typing $ and after that type. But it is not working. I tried version 7.1 and 7.1.2. But it is not working in both.

Comment 1 jkaushalya 2012-06-02 16:24:22 UTC

Created attachment 120241 [details]
Screen Shot

Comment 2 Ondrej Brejla 2012-06-04 08:12:33 UTC

Comments has been rewritten at all for NB 7.2. It's an enhancement for next release (and afaik it never worked before).

Comment 3 amobilia 2016-09-22 16:49:27 UTC

Reproductible in 8.2rc / Dev 201609210002

Comment 4 Xenos 2017-02-20 10:15:12 UTC

It actually works in NB8.2 *but* as long as the actual variable appears *prior* to the comment.

/* @var $c|Ctrl+space */
$channel = new Channel();

Shows no auto-completion while

$channel = new Channel();
/* @var $c|Ctrl+space */

Does show one.

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It seems counter-intuitive to create the PHPDoc after the actual variable declaration, and move it up before... Still, it can be done that way.

It will also make the refactoring work for the PHPDoc. Ie, refactoring $channel here won't refactor the comment:

/* @var $channel Channel */
$channel = new Channel();

While here, it does so

$channel = new Channel();
/* @var $channel Channel */