To get PHP 5.4 features available in the existing project go to Project Properties -> Sources -> PHP Version and select PHP 5.4. When creating a new project using New Project Wizard select PHP version from the drop-down menu on the second screen Name and Location.
You can find more on array dereferencing in RFC on PHP Wiki.
class MyCollection
{
public function doSomething()
{
}
}
class ArrayDereferencing
{
/**
*
* @var MyCollection[]
*/
private $myCollection = array();
/**
*
* @return MyCollection[]
*/
public function getCollection()
{
return $this->myCollection;
}
public function getElementAndDoSomething($index)
{
return $this->getCollection()[$index]->doSomething();
}
}
Code completion in the NetBeans PHP Editor:
Ondrej Brejla in the article PHP 5.4 Support: Array Dereferencing on Oracle blog called user to test new PHP 5.4 features and file (component PHP, subcomponent Editor) any issues found.
