Netbeans PHP function parameter hints

Question

I looked around and found things that addressed related issues, but not what I'm looking for specifically.

I'm using Netbeans which has really grown on me, but when I go to use a function, the "intellisense" hints pop up correctly, but as soon as I go to type in the arguments, the code hint that shows the function signature and its parameters disappear.

This hurts my productivity because I don't have the signatures memorized, and I always end up having to reference it as I'm typing it up.

Is this normal for Netbeans or is there some way I can make it so the function hints stay until I close the parenthesis for the function signature?

Update: I just found Ctrl + P will show the parameter methods, is there some way to have that automatically show instead of constantly typing Ctrl + P?

Seniority

In my NetBeans 7.3 if there is only the opening bracket for example substr( and than start writing the parameters are shown. – Honour

@DavidTorrey I use Ctrl + Space on the function name to bring up the intellisense window – Cattegat

i have brackets as auto-closing so i guess i'll have to turn that off and see if it works – Seniority

thanks. sorta works. still doesn't pop up until i start typing in a parameter but it at least shows now. appreciate it. – Seniority

Answer 1

Apparently turning off auto-bracket closing will allow intellisense and code hints to appear correctly.

Seniority

Answer 2

Inside function parentheses, type Ctrl + P and the parameters hint will appear (NetBeans Menu Bar -> Source -> Show Method Parameters).

Pouliot

This is exactly what I needed. Not sure why someone rated it down. Tnks! – Detection

rated down? why? bizarre. this is the correct answer. – Pollywog