I have a project where I have a few objects which are global, ie. many functions include them with the global keyword. For example, this sort of this frequently occurs:



However, PhpED doesn't know what class $obj is within the function and if I hit Ctrl+Space to get the list of properties/methods, it gives an error "Failed to identify type of $obj local variable". Is there any way to get PhpED to recognise this? It can get even more confusing of course, if instead of "$obj = new MyClass;", it is "$obj =& CreateMyClass(); // returns MyClass object". I'd be perfectly happy with some sort of comment around the global statement, like can be done with functions through @desc. I see there is a @global but I can't figure out how to use it or if it does what I'm looking for.

Thanks for the report.
Fix will come with build 4522:

Wow, thanks, that was quick.

What about functions that return objects? I'd imagine it's pretty hard to determine the type of object, especially as it could be dependant on runtime conditions. Also, what if the object is created in another file?

it does not really matter if new is called in another file, what does matter is how the resuling object is "delivered" to the point.
Regarding objects returned as a function or method result, it is supported while you keep clear code and it's clear what class instance is created by new, otherwise you have to add typehint to "suggest" code insight the object type.
If you ever encounter anything that might work but does not, feel free to submit code sample.

What do you mean by adding a typehint? Is that a PHPDoc comment? I can't figure out how to use these and I can't find any documentation (not even on the PHPDoc site, pretty strange for a documentation program not to have decent documentation!).

I'm still having trouble with this (build 4523), it is at least partially functioning but there are flaws. For example:



This doesn't work (can't determine type of local variable $obj), however if I remove the global line, it has no problem determining that $obj is a MyClass().