How do you add a PHP framework to code completion/assist in Eclipse PDT and can the framework be added as default for all projects?

Question

How do you add a PHP framework to code assist/completion in Eclipse PDT?

And is it possible to have that framework added as default for all projects?

Answer 1

Generally speaking in Eclipse, you can add a library or framework to code assist/completion by:

1. Going into Project > Properties
2. Under PHP Include Path, pick the "Libaries" tab.
3. Add an "external folder" with the path to where your framework is located.

This can also be done on project creation. I'm not sure of a way to have it automatically attach a library in this way.

The feature itself is a bit more flexible than that, allowing you to do things like set variables for a DB connection, rather than having to copy down lengthy config files to your local install.