Laravel IDE Helper Generator

For Laravel 5, check the 2.0 branch

Complete phpDocs, directly from the source

Checkout this Laracasts video for a quick introduction/explanation!

This packages generates a file that your IDE can understand, so it can provide accurate autocompletion. Generation is done, based on the files in your project, so they are always up-to-date. If you don't want to generate it, you can add a pre-generated file to the root folder of your laravel project. (But this isn't as up-to-date as self generated files)

• Generated version: https://gist.github.com/barryvdh/5227822

Note: You do need CodeIntel for Sublime Text: https://github.com/SublimeCodeIntel/SublimeCodeIntel

New: PhpStorm Meta for Container instances

It's possible to generate a PhpStorm meta file, to add support for factory design pattern. For Laravel, this means we can make PhpStorm understand what kind of object we are resolving from the IoC Container. For example, events will return ann Illuminate\Events\Dispatcher object, so with the meta file you can call app('events') and it will autocomplete the Dispatcher methods.

php artisan ide-helper:meta

app('events')->fire();
\App::make('events')->fire();

/** @var \Illuminate\Foundation\Application $app */
$app->make('events')->fire();

Pre-generated example: https://gist.github.com/barryvdh/bb6ffc5d11e0a75dba67

Note: You might need to restart PhpStorm and make sure .phpstorm.meta.php is indexed.

Automatic phpDoc generation for Laravel Facades

Require this package with composer using the following command:

composer require barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper ~1.11

After updating composer, add the ServiceProvider to the providers array in app/config/app.php

'Barryvdh\LaravelIdeHelper\IdeHelperServiceProvider',

You can now re-generate the docs yourself (for future updates) in artisan

php artisan ide-helper:generate

Note: bootstrap/compiled.php has to be cleared first, so run php artisan clear-compiled before generating (and php artisan optimize after..)

You can configure your composer.json to do this after each commit:

"scripts":{
    "post-update-cmd":[
        "php artisan clear-compiled",
        "php artisan ide-helper:generate",
        "php artisan optimize"
    ]
},

You can also publish the config-file to change implementations (ie. interface to specific class) or set defaults for --helpers or --sublime.

php artisan config:publish barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper

The generator tries to identify the real class, but if it cannot be found, you can define it in the config file.

Some classes need a working database connection. If you do not have a working default connection, some facades will not be included. You can use a in-memory sqlite driver, using the -M option.

You can choose to include helper files. This is not enabled by default, but you can override this with the --helpers (-H) option. The Illuminate/Support/helpers.php is already set-up, but you can add/remove your own files in the config file.

Automatic phpDocs for Models

Note: Since v1.10 you need to require doctrine/dbal: ~2.3 in your own composer.json.

If you don't want to write your properties yourself, you can use the command ide-helper:models to generate phpDocs, based on table columns, relations and getters/setters. You can write the comments directly to your Model file, using the --write (-W) option. By default, you are asked to overwrite or write to a separate file (_ide_helper_models.php) (You can force No with --nowrite (-N)). Please make sure to backup your models, before writing the info. It should keep the existing comments and only append new properties/methods. The existing phpdoc is replaced, or added if not found. With the --reset (-R) option, the existing phpdocs are ignored, only the newly found columns/relations are saved as phpdocs.

php artisan ide-helper:models Post

/**
 * An Eloquent Model: 'Post'
 *
 * @property integer $id
 * @property integer $author_id
 * @property string $title
 * @property string $text
 * @property \Carbon\Carbon $created_at
 * @property \Carbon\Carbon $updated_at
 * @property-read \User $author
 * @property-read \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection|\Comment[] $comments
 */

By default, models in app/models are scanned. The optional argument tells what models to use (also outside app/models).

php artisan ide-helper:models Post User

You can also scan a different directory, using the --dir option (relative from the base path):

php artisan ide-helper:models --dir="app/workbench/name/package/models" --dir="app/src/Model"

You can publish the config file (php artisan config:publish barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper) and set the default directories.

Models can be ignored using the --ignore (-I) option

php artisan ide-helper:models --ignore="Post,User"

Note: With namespaces, wrap your model name in " signs: php artisan ide-helper:models "API\User", or escape the slashes (Api\\User)

License

The Laravel IDE Helper Generator is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license