The code completion feature enables us to complete the desired syntax, methods, or code with some minimal keystrokes, or just with a keyboard command.
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You can enable/disable automatic code completion from Tools | Options | Editor | Code Completion. By default, you will have checkboxes for all languages. Choose PHP from the Language drop-down list to have more PHP-specific code completion options.
Following are the code completion features provided by the editor:
Snippets: This automatically generates code snippets for various elements.
Select Tools | Pallete | PHP Code Clips, and Pallete Manager will open. Drag the relevant item icon from Pallete Content, and drop it to the relevant position in your code. A dialog box will appear for specifying the parameters of the corresponding code item. Fill in the parameters, and have the code generated in that place.
Context-sensitive proposals: The editor provides context-sensitive proposals for any number of starting...