In PhpStorm, if I create an object, then I have all auto complete on that object working fine:
$object = new MyClass();
$object->getNa...
Will auto complete to
$object->getName();
So far so good, but if I get returned an object through the first method, then the auto complete will not work on that.
$car->getDriver()->getNam...
Will show an empty list.
The getDriver method has its PHPDoc @return tag set to 'Driver' though and in some other IDEs, this therefore works to get the correct auto complete.
Wondering if there's a setting that I missed somewhere or if PhpStorm doesn't offer this kind of advanced auto complete yet?
The function getDriver() needs appropriate type-hints for the return value (function's docblock):
* @return classOrInterfaceName
This is normally enough to have a IDE "go deeper". I'm pretty sure Phpstorm supports that, but I'm not a Phpstorm user.
Take care the file with the interface/class is within the project or referenced to it.
As a work around you can assign the return value to a variable and type-hint that variable. Might not be that comfortable but can help.
Please ensure that only one definition of class Driver exists across all your project files. This is crucial for current versions of PhpStorm
see http://youtrack.jetbrains.net/issue/WI-2202 and http://youtrack.jetbrains.net/issue/WI-2760
