Autocomplete after -> in PHP (intelephense)

[jannes-io]

Feature Description

Hi there, I'm migrating over from nvim-cmp, and there when I entered -> it would immediately suggest all the options. While using blink.cmp it does not.

I'm using a heavily modified version of neovim kickstart. But here are the relevant bits and pieces:

plugins/autocomplete.lua

{
  { -- Autocompletion
    'saghen/blink.cmp',
    event = 'VimEnter',
    version = '1.*',
    dependencies = {
      {
        'L3MON4D3/LuaSnip',
        version = 'v2.*',
        build = 'make install_jsregexp',
      },
      'folke/lazydev.nvim',
    },
    opts = {
      keymap = {
        preset = 'super-tab',
      },

      appearance = {
        nerd_font_variant = 'mono',
      },

      completion = {
        autocomplete = true,
        trigger_on_insert_enter = true,
        documentation = { auto_show = false, auto_show_delay_ms = 250 },
      },

      sources = {
        default = { 'lsp', 'path', 'snippets', 'lazydev' },
        providers = {
          lazydev = { module = 'lazydev.integrations.blink', score_offset = 100 },
        },
      },

      snippets = { preset = 'luasnip' },
      fuzzy = { implementation = 'prefer_rust' },
      signature = { enabled = true },
    },
  },
  {
    'neovim/nvim-lspconfig',
    dependencies = {
      { 'mason-org/mason.nvim', opts = {} },
      'mason-org/mason-lspconfig.nvim',
      'WhoIsSethDaniel/mason-tool-installer.nvim',
      { 'j-hui/fidget.nvim', opts = {} },
      'saghen/blink.cmp',
    },
    config = function()
      -- ....
      local servers = {
        -- PHP
        intelephense = {
          filetypes = { 'php' },
          init_options = {
            licenceKey = 'REDACTED',
          },
        },
      }

      -- ...
      local capabilities = require('blink.cmp').get_lsp_capabilities()
      require('mason-lspconfig').setup {
        ensure_installed = {},
        automatic_installation = false,
        handlers = {
          function(server_name)
            local server = servers[server_name] or {}
            server.capabilities = vim.tbl_deep_extend('force', {}, capabilities, server.capabilities or {})
            vim.lsp.config(server_name, server)
            vim.lsp.enable(server_name)
          end,
        },
      }
    end,
  }
}

It does work in JavaScript when typing . it will immediately show suggestions. But in PHP, when I type $this->,... nothing.

[soifou]

Guess you're using as well windwp/nvim-ts-autotag? If so, try disable it for php filetype as it seems there is an incompatibility with this plugin:

  {
    'windwp/nvim-ts-autotag',
    lazy = false,
    opts = {
      per_filetype = {
        ['php'] = {
          enable_close = false,
        },
      },
    },
  },

If not, please provide a repro.lua so I can take a closer look.

[jannes-io]

Hi @soifou ,

Thanks for the quick response.

Yep, that was it! Disabling it for PHP does fix the -> issue, but now I don't have autotag in php files. Unfortunately I still need to work with HTML in PHP files quite often, so this is not a long term solution unfortunately...

Is there a way to have both, like nvim-cmp did?

[soifou]

blink.cmp uses event-based detection by listening for inserted characters.

nvim-ts-autotag remaps the > character with its own logic, which happens to be one of the trigger characters for the PHP LSPs. Since this remap bypasses the InsertCharPre event, blink.cmp is unaware that the user has typed the trigger character.

A more reliable alternative seems to be using tronikelis/ts-autotag.nvim which relies on vim.on_key. However for your specific case, PHP does not appear to be supported yet... perhaps you could open an issue there? It should be trivial to implement.

[soifou]

Hey, just a heads-up. tronikelis/ts-autotag.nvim now supports auto-closing HTML tags in PHP files. Give the plugin a try!

Closing this issue then.