PhpStorm - Method not found for object which is array element

Question

I know that for variables which aren't declared as types PhpStorm doesn't know where to look for method calls on variable names sometimes.

I know how to solve it for simple variable by providing typehint via simple PHPDoc comment :

/* @var Category $category */
$category->getNameTranslit();

but how can I do this for methods called for array element?

$categories[$key]->setIsActive(true);

1) (a bit off topic) You are not using PHPDoc -- it's an ordinary comment that IDE interprets the same as PHPDoc. PHPDoc comments start with /** (2 asterisk symbols) 2) Let me clarify this first -- so $categories is an array of Category instances -- right? If so -- /** @var Category[] $categories */ 3) (general note, since I do not know how the rest of the code looks -- it may be all fine from your end) Try providing correct @return tag for functions as well as typehinting fields via @var -- this way local vars have bigger changes of being auto-deducted correctly. — LazyOne
– LazyOne, Commented Jan 28, 2017 at 20:16

Stan Fad · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-28 21:40:21Z

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The answer appeared to be:

 /** @var Category[] $categories */
 $categories[$key]->setIsActive(true);

Thank you LazyOne!

answered Jan 28, 2017 at 21:40

Stan Fad

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