How to disable netbeans auto-complete of method variables

There is a new feature in Netbeans that tries to auto fill the variables for methods and functions in PHP. Whilst this may be something that is a time saver for some, it often gets these wrong, and if you are using descriptive variables in the method then these are overwritten if you have a variable of the same type above your method call.

Thankfully there is a way to disable this feature and revert to the old ways. In netbeans go to Tools -> Options -> Editor -> Code Completion and select Language PHP. From there you can deselect the Use Smart Parameters Pre-Filling and netbeans will work the way it used to


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