Question

The orgional problem was that for some files the autocomplete would not complete things like “self” and “public” and if I would type self:: it would not show a list of functions.

The other problem was that for some files it would complete but not show functions of PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase when the class extends that so typing $th would complete to: “$this->” but the resulting list would not show assertEquals (which is a function of PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase).

Solved the first problem by changing:

throw(new Exception("Something wrong with the datastore",666));

to

throw new Exception("Something wrong with the datastore",666);

(taken the throw parameter out of it’s parentheses)

To add autocomplete for 3rd party libraries like phpunit do the following:

under project=>properties
  =>php include path (list on the left)
  =>libraries tab
  =>add external source folder
  =>added /usr/share/pear/PHPUnit/

Answer 1

For Eclipse to hint base class methods, the file containing that class must either be a part of current project, or linked to it. Navigate to Project -> Properties -> PHP Include Path; you can permanently add an external library / source folder to your project there.

As for Eclipse not hinting self and $this, are you sure you’re typing inside of a class method? Obviously, these words have no use anywhere else.