Vim for php frameworks - php

Question

I've already spent two days trying to make a good work environment with VIM for a framework, in this case, laravel.
All is perfect as always, but there is a very important issue:
I can't get omnicomplete properly working
I've tried all that I found via google:
-phpcomplete: despite in other of my projects works well, it seems that gets mad with composer. Doesn't recognize facades nor common methods for the framework.
-ctags: helps with some methods, but still a mess with omnicompletion.
-phpcomplete-extended and phpcomplete-extended for laravel: author doesn't maintain this plugin anymore (logical since frameworks change so quick) so does not work anymore.
-PIV, uses standart phpcomplete, so same issue.
-padawan.php I couldn't get it to work, IMHO poorly documented
Is there any vim user who could manage to get omnicompletion functionality properly?
I'm starting to think I should move from vim since it's not ready for these new technologies :'(
Grep AppServiceProvider against tags file:
AppServiceProvider app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php /^class
AppServiceProvider extends
ServiceProvider$/;" c namespace:Furbook\Providers
Furbook\Providers app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php /^namespace
Furbook\Providers;$/;" n boot app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php /^
public function
boot()$/;" f class:Furbook\Providers::AppServiceProvider
register app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php /^ public function
register()$/;" f class:Furbook\Providers::AppServiceProvider

Answer 1

This has been one of my top concerns, here are my preferred options:
Phpactor. My current choice, works pretty well and it's main dev is really active. Fast and has A LOT of refactoring tools. Great for composer projects.
ctags
I use phpcomplete and ctags (patched for php), but still no autocompletion for facades, I resolved this with the Laravel 5 IDE Helper Generator. The idea is to generate a _ide_helper.php file with classes and methods for facades first, and then create the tags.
I also created a function in my vimrc, so I can automatically generate the tags.
function! GenTags()
if isdirectory("./vendor")
echo '(re)Generating framework tags'
execute "!php artisan ide-helper:generate"
echo '(re)Generating tags'
execute "!ctags -R --filter-terminator=php"
else
echo 'Not in a framework project'
if filereadable("tags")
echo "Regenerating tags..."
execute "!ctags -R --filter-terminator=php"
else
let choice = confirm("Create tags?", "&Yes\n&No", 2)
if choice == 1
echo "Generating tags..."
execute "!ctags -R --filter-terminator=php"
endif
endif
endif
:endfunction
command! -nargs=* GenTags call GenTags()
GenTags()
eclim
-- install eclipse, don't use eclipse installer, better untar directly
-- install eclim, use the eclim installer.
-- For complete code completion change your models to extend Eloquentinstead of Model
-- and the plugin YouCompleteMe (you can try any other)
PHP Language Server
It's better and more automated than ctags.
Despite autocompletion is still a bit worse than eclipse (eclim), the Php Language server is developed on PHP, which means a lot of PHP users can contribute to the project and it's pretty active and improving.
Plug 'roxma/nvim-completion-manager'
" (optional) javascript
Plug 'roxma/nvim-cm-tern', {'do': 'npm install'} "
"(optional) language server protocol framework
Plug 'autozimu/LanguageClient-neovim', { 'do': ':UpdateRemotePlugins' } "
"(optional) php completion via LanguageClient-neovim
Plug 'roxma/LanguageServer-php-neovim', {'do': 'composer install &&
composer run-script parse-stubs'}
If anyone wants to know more can check my vimrc at github

Answer 2

Talking about padawan.php that's true about documentation, I haven't spent enough time to make it more or less useful, but installation of padawan shouldn't be that hard:
Install padawan.php via composer global require mkusher/padawan
Configure your $PATH
Install padawan.vim
Generate index for your project
I'm not sure whether Laravel projects will work out of the box or you still will need ide helper, but general php things should work well.

Answer 3

Disclaimer: I am not a PHP programmer and I know nothing about PHP.
First of all, if an auto-completion mechanism is essential for your work, then you should probably choose a proper IDE for the programming language you're working with. Vim includes a framework for auto-completion, which does not mean that it is implemented for all supported languages. And even if there is an omni-completion function available you mileage may vary, depending on how well developed it is.
From what I can gather in other questions (in particular Vim PHP omni completion), the best PGP completion plugin is phpcomplete, so I've installed it.
I then downloaded laraval from here and ran ctags 5.9~svn20110310 (available in Debian Jessie) using the following command:
ctags -R --filter-terminator=php
Using the following test file:
<?php
$example = new AppServiceProvider();
$example->
?>
when I press i_ctrl-x_ctrl-o I get the following suggestions:
boot( f )
register( f )
As it can be seen, there is no long list of methods.
I've also tried to use Universal Ctags that includes the patches required by phpcomplete plugin, but in order to make it work I had to use the following syntax:
ctags -R --fields=+aimS-s --filter-terminator=php .
That is, the extra -s was required.
Maybe you can work from here and test this in more detail in your environment.