Program settings - Dynamic PHP hints

This group of settings allows you to define how the dynamic hint functions for the PHP language work. In this window, there are several groups of settings responsible for the various functions of the tooltip.

Dynamic PHP hints

In this group of settings there are toggles that allow you to specify the content presented in the dynamic help for PHP. Check the options that should be considered when creating a dynamic help list for PHP. In the case of PHP functions, you can also indicate which function categories should be included in the hint list.

This group also includes a list containing a list of PHP function categories, the content (functions) of which will be presented on the dynamic list of PHP hints. The following options are also available for the function category list:

Display only compatible with PHP 3
Check this option to only display functions from PHP version 3 in the dynamic hint list.

Display the returned type for PHP built-in functions
Check this option to include information about the type of data returned by the function in the tooltip (as PHP performs type conversion on-the-fly and this is not provided at function declaration, this information is only available for built-in functions).

Type compatibility
Select the option that corresponds to your preferred verification of the compatibility of the function proposals in the dynamic help list with what you want.

There are three more options in the group of dynamic hints for PHP:

Do not treat the ?> characters in inverted commas as PHP block delimiters
Dynamic hints for PHP work within the block <? .. ?>. Sometimes, however, the program may get lost when a string containing such a fragment is used in a PHP block. If the program encounters such a place, it disables support for dynamic hints for PHP. If you want to guard against this, you can check this option. The program will then check whether the encountered end of the ?> block is by any chance part of the string. This preserves the operation of dynamic hints, however, checking this option significantly delays the operation of dynamic hints for PHP.

Display only phrases beginning with the text under the cursor
Check this option if you want only items matching the text entered to be included in the hints.

When completing the <? and <?php insert a blank line between them
Check if you want the completion of <? and <?php into ?> automatically insert an empty line and place the cursor there

Dynamic PHP help

This group includes the settings for the balloon help displayed for PHP code:

Display function argument types in hints
Check this option if you want the program to display the types of arguments the function expects during dynamic balloon help.

Highlight current function
argument Select this option if you want the program to display in the tooltip for the function in the appropriate bold the attribute of the function that should be entered at the time.

Definition file editor for PHP

By using the button in this group, you will enable the definition file editor for PHP tool, which allows you to create definitions for new elements of the PHP language or modify definitions for already defined functions and objects PHP.