/** @var $query CI_DB_mysql_result */
$query = $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM links WHERE user_id = '$user_id' ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 45");

Now

$query->row_array()

will work.
This is because $this->db uses multiple dynamic instances and we can only assign one at a time.

In my phpStorm helper file I assigned this->db to CI_DB_active_record
For the initial methods and properties.
After that when you assign the var $query to that instance you need to re-annotate it to get the drivers methods, IE

/** @var $query CI_DB_mysql_result */

Example

/** @var $query CI_DB_mysql_result */
$query = $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM links WHERE user_id = '$user_id' ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 45");
$rows  = $query->result_array();

You might get lost trying to reply, like I said my comment system is a mess.
Should have it fixed tomorrow though.

Hope the above helps. It should.

Great stuff, thanks very much.

However, I am still getting warning messages for code like
“$query->row_array()” where phpstorm does not regonize the row_array() method.

Any ideas what I am doing wrong here?

Thanks very much and kind regards
Sebastian

So its going to depend on the HMVC.
I worked with a couple CI CMS’s about 6 months ago that were HMVC and was able to get most code completion working.
But each was different to setup.

If you have other tricks like that I’d love to hear more…

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