How to enable autocomplete/syntax-highlight for PHP core functions in Eclipse?

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I searched a lot, checked many times the neccesary steps, but it still don't work.

My environment is :

Latest eclipse for PHP developer package
Project is newed, not check out directly from SVN

.project has a line

<nature>org.eclipse.php.core.PHPNature</nature>

.buildpath has a line

<buildpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.php.core.LANGUAGE"/>

.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs has a line
```
include_path=0;/projectname
```
file ensured opened in PHP Editor

Something works:

PHP core function defination displayed when mouse over, and Ctrl+Click will open its defined file, but input 'arr' nothing happens, while a list of array functions expected
Autocomplete does work for internal functios/variables such as class members But never works for PHP core functions, neither syntax highlighting

Loar answered 18/8, 2009 at 13:17 Comment(0)

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Right-Click on your project -> Configure -> Add PHP Support...

Works for me on Eclipse 3.5 / PDT 2.1

Gypsum answered 19/8, 2009 at 7:23 Comment(6)

ever checked this option, it's gray – Loar 19/8, 2009 at 9:52

wow thanks, this worked for me on Galileo, it's a pain to work without autocomplete for core features – Lisp 20/1, 2010 at 17:47

I don't see a 'configure' option when I right-click my project in Helios – Erik 13/9, 2011 at 8:29

Don't forget to add <?php ?> tags too! – Nye 2/1, 2013 at 20:16

After you install support for PHP, restarting wasn't enough for me - I had to close any already open files in the editor and then restart and re-open them for the syntax highlighting to work (Eclipse Luna) – Laurence 6/8, 2015 at 7:47

Oxygen (Release 4.7.0) doesn't have "add PHP Support" option in the context menu. In my case, editing the .buildpath file worked. – Mensurable 13/9, 2017 at 16:1

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For me, nothing worked, except:

Backup and then delete the .db files under: /.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.dltk.core.index.sql.h2/
Restart eclipse.

I got this tip from #4 in: http://www.nwiresoftware.com/blogs/nwire/2010/09/five-tips-speeding-eclipse-pdt-and-nwire

Witha answered 27/11, 2011 at 9:15 Comment(3)

Worked great, just by deleting the .db files and restarting. Thanks – Mroz 15/6, 2012 at 13:17

Worked for Eclipse 4.3 when the add PHP support option was disabled. – Treasure 7/8, 2013 at 18:59

Excellent advice. Does anybody know how and where one would trigger such an reindexing of DLTK within Eclipse? Helped me big time with Eclipse Kepler and PDT 3.2.0! thx – Disabled 10/10, 2013 at 14:49

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As noted before the 'natures' node for php core is listed but this is most insufficient when the project is imported or checked out.

Make a backup of your .project
Remove the 'natures' node children
Close/Re-open eclipse
Right-click project -> Configure -> Add PHP Support
Add back other 'natures' children

The issue is that project will not make the necessary imports because it assumes it already has.

Kavanaugh answered 28/4, 2011 at 19:25 Comment(1)

Right-click project -> Configure -> Add PHP Support is always grayed out for me? – Barney 31/7, 2015 at 14:52

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Nothing helped, but this:

In Eclipse:

Go to Window -> Preferences -> General -> Editors -> File Associations

Click Add

Type *.php

Under Associated Editors choose PHP Editor and click Default on the right.

Close and open your php file.

Geilich answered 23/11, 2015 at 8:42 Comment(0)

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There are 3 .dll files: model.h2.db, model.lock.db and model.trace.db under workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.dltk.core.index.sql.h2

Remove these files and restart Eclipse.

Plague answered 24/2, 2014 at 19:30 Comment(0)

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There seem to still be a lot of bugs related to auto-completion for the PHP Development Tools Project (PDT) (See Open Bugs).

One has been entered two days ago: bug 286733 "When using sub namespace completion does not work."

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But this is hardly the only one:

"Autocomplete on namespaces failed" (bug 281766)
"[php 5.3] Code assist doesn't provide method completion" (bug 286068)
...

They are all related to the namespace of the PHP code. Could you check if you reproduce the error in a global namespace?

Crudden answered 18/8, 2009 at 16:18 Comment(1)

not this one, in my project (no namespace specified), also tried a clean PHP project, autocomplete does work for class members, just no effect when input core functions. – Loar 19/8, 2009 at 0:53

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If issue is still exists, follow the following steps:

Remove project from eclipse.
Goto your project folder and remove .Settings folder and .project file.
Again import php project with different name.

it's work for me.

Jariah answered 29/8, 2014 at 5:45 Comment(0)

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Right-Click on your project -> Configure -> Convert to PHP Project...

Works for me on Eclipse 4.6 / PDT 5.2

Venable answered 8/3, 2018 at 6:17 Comment(0)

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