Autocomplete issues.

Alex s

Hello.
I’ve been for a long time on Npp 6.3.2 and got used to PHP functions autocomplete. Yesterday I’ve updated to 7 and noticed, that autocomplete does not work as it did earlier.
6.3.2 behaviour:
I type “file” or “file_get”, press ctrl+space and hints popup shows up.
7 behaviour:
I type “file”, press ctrl+space and hints popup shows up.
I type “file_get”, press ctrl+space and no hints.

I tried many variations and figured out, that problem is in “_” symbol.

How to fix this?

Thank you.

guy038

Hi, Alex s,

Very easy to get it :-))

Open, in N++, the file ....\Plugins\APIs\php.xml
At beginning of this file, just under the <AutoComplete> tag, insert the line, below :

<Environment ignoreCase=“no” startFunc=“(” stopFunc=“)” paramSeparator=“,” additionalWordChar = “_” />
Save the changes, done in php.xml, and close this file
Close, then, re-start Notepad++
Open a PHP file or a new tab and define the language PHP, for this new tab
Type, for instance, the word, file_ at beginning of a line
Hit the CTRL + Spacebar shortcut

=> A pop-up list should appear, located on the word file_exists, followed by the three functions, below :

File_get_contents

File_put_contents

File_register_wrapper

.....

Et voilà !

Best Regards,

guy038