I'm trying to remember if / how I can specify to PhpEd what a particular object is an instance of for the purpose of showing the correct autocomplete details.

For example, if I am working with Zend Framework view (.phtml) files, I have access to $this (being an instance of Zend_View) without having to create the instance in the file. Because of this, PhpEd doesn't know what the object is and can therefore not explore the object and offer the autocomplete. I think I read somewhere on here you can put in a comment in a format that PhpEd uses to identify objects.

Or did I just dream that?

Also, does PhpEd have the ability to autocomplete chained object functions .... like would it autocomplete and give type hints for 'execute()' in the following ?

$object->function()->execute();


Thanks

That would be by using PhpDOC


Think it will work for $this too

Ahhhh .... excellent stuff. Many thanks.

Do you know if it's possible to get autocomplete on chained functions?

It is as long as PhpED is able to figure out what the return types are. Be sure to add a PhpDoc block before each function specifying that and the parameters (if you want info on those too). Linky.