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

Answer 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.

Answer 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

Answer 3

I was looking for the same thing but never found it. I wrote my own that adds autocomplete for class methods for composer installed packages. It also adds inline documentation for php functions on hover. (you have to download the manual and untar/gzip it. Hope it helps.

https://github.com/desean1625/CompletePHP

FYI the first run takes some time to index if you have a bunch of packages installed.