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[CLI & Console](/categories/cli) 4. / 5. dereuromark/cakephp-ide-helper ActiveCakephp-plugin[CLI & Console](/categories/cli) dereuromark/cakephp-ide-helper ============================== CakePHP IdeHelper Plugin to improve auto-completion 2.16.1(2mo ago)1862.1M—1.6%41[4 issues](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-ide-helper/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-ide-helper/pulls)20MITPHPPHP >=8.2CI passing Since Mar 12Pushed 1mo ago12 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-ide-helper)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/dereuromark/cakephp-ide-helper)[ Docs](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-ide-helper/)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/dereuromark)[ RSS](/packages/dereuromark-cakephp-ide-helper/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (24)Versions (186)Used By (20) CakePHP IdeHelper Plugin ======================== [](#cakephp-idehelper-plugin) [![CI](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-ide-helper/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-ide-helper/actions/workflows/ci.yml?query=branch%3Amaster)[![Coverage Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c185e9f6ff42f13dd06d37f108dd22aa7c95ba6c9d90901c587f1986a433d330/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f636f6465636f762f632f6769746875622f6465726575726f6d61726b2f63616b657068702d6964652d68656c7065722f6d61737465722e737667)](https://app.codecov.io/github/dereuromark/cakephp-ide-helper/tree/master)[![PHPStan](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/f60d96f7c2579690ab6dfa8918f777fe93a02a92301c661eb38a85861a92b780/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f5048505374616e2d6c6576656c253230382d627269676874677265656e2e7376673f7374796c653d666c6174)](https://phpstan.org/)[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/476f50d70fe62cd822bc2239df4ca410deb95fcaf4e0484989b8ed2453b605ad/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6465726575726f6d61726b2f63616b657068702d6964652d68656c7065722f762f737461626c652e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/dereuromark/cakephp-ide-helper)[![Minimum PHP Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/ec21f169d70b69344c67d6f18fa1a24d20476d2f0cd680e8c4a1534c22f34e5f/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f7068702d253345253344253230382e322d3838393242462e737667)](https://php.net/)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/ddf9b55a3e16b54d0b08becbe230580e4a01466222e684b8409197f18de8daee/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6465726575726f6d61726b2f63616b657068702d6964652d68656c7065722f6c6963656e73652e737667)](LICENSE)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/2e9427f4a2d7755b859c66aad2c38c373336f35bab5a5d20e5ddfbaa02e6476c/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6465726575726f6d61726b2f63616b657068702d6964652d68656c7065722f642f746f74616c2e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/dereuromark/cakephp-ide-helper) IdeHelper plugin for CakePHP applications. > Boost your productivity. Avoid mistakes. This branch is for use with **CakePHP 5.1+**. For details see [version map](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-ide-helper/wiki#cakephp-version-map). Features -------- [](#features) The main idea is to improve IDE compatibility and use annotations to make the IDE understand the "magic" of CakePHP, so you can click through the class methods and object chains as well as spot obvious issues and mistakes easier. The IDE will usually mark problematic code yellow (missing, wrong method etc). This also improves compatibility with tools like [PHPStan](https://github.com/phpstan/phpstan). Those can then follow the code easier and provide more valuable help. - Add annotations to existing code (e.g. when upgrading an application) just like baking would to new code. - Can run multiple times without adding the annotations again. - It can also replace or remove outdated annotations. - Works with your application as well as any loaded plugin. - CI check support, hook it up just like the coding standards check. - Set up as watcher and have live in-real-time annotations added/updated. Supports annotations for: - Models (Tables and Entities) - Controllers (including prefixes like `Admin`) and Components - View (AppView) and Helpers - Templates (`.php` PHP template files including elements) - Commands and Tasks - ... and more [![Screenshot](docs/screenshot.jpg)](docs/screenshot.jpg) Supports code completion help for: - Behaviors (property access on the BehaviorRegistry) Supports IDE autocomplete/typehinting of (magic)strings as well as return types/values for: - Plugins, Components, Behaviors, Helpers, Mailers - Associations, Validation - I18n Translation, Cache - Elements and layouts - Tables and their fields - Route paths, Request/ENV, Connection - ... and more (using PhpStorm meta file) Supports better IDE usage with Illuminator tasks to enhance existing code: - EntityFieldTask adds all entity fields as class constants for easier usage in IDEs ### IDE support [](#ide-support) This plugin is supposed to work with ANY IDE that supports annotations and code completion. IDEs tested so far for 100% compatibility: - **[PhpStorm](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-ide-helper/wiki/PHPStorm)** (incl. meta file generator) - IntelliJ - Atom - **[VS Code](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-ide-helper/wiki/Visual-Studio-Code)** - ... \[Report or PR your IDE of choice here to confirm its full compatibility\] See [Wiki](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-ide-helper/wiki) for details and tips/settings. ### Plugins with meta file generator tasks [](#plugins-with-meta-file-generator-tasks) The following plugins use this plugin to improve IDE compatibility around factory and magic string usage: - [Migrations](https://github.com/cakephp/migrations) for migration file writing (included in IdeHelper directly). - [Queue](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-queue) for `QueuedJobsTable::createJob()` usage. - [Burzum/CakeServiceLayer](https://github.com/burzum/cakephp-service-layer) for `loadService()` usage. - ... (add yours here) ### Plugins with Illuminator tasks [](#plugins-with-illuminator-tasks) - [StateMachine](https://github.com/spryker/cakephp-statemachine) for syncing states from XML into PHP. - ... (add yours here) ### More [](#more) More collections of useful tasks can be found in the [IdeHelperExtra plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-ide-helper-extra). ### Install, Setup, Usage [](#install-setup-usage) See the **[Docs](docs/)** for details. ### Powered by [](#powered-by) [![PhpStorm logo.](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/1e31d98d23a59aa7fddbdae1155126adeac9ad6cded9a478fc8c5d377942c433/68747470733a2f2f7265736f75726365732e6a6574627261696e732e636f6d2f73746f726167652f70726f64756374732f636f6d70616e792f6272616e642f6c6f676f732f50687053746f726d2e737667)](https://jb.gg/OpenSourceSupport) They are sponsoring my IDE for my FOSS work on this repository and beyond. ### Health Score 74 — ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages Maintenance87 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity59 Moderate usage in the ecosystem Community41 Growing community involvement Maturity95 Battle-tested with a long release history Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 92% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement. **Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability. ### Release Activity Cadence Every ~18 days Total 181 Last Release 82d ago Major Versions 1.18.9 → 2.0.0-RC2023-09-10 1.18.10 → 2.0.22023-11-03 1.19.0 → 2.1.02023-12-15 1.20.0 → 2.2.32024-03-15 1.21.0 → 2.6.02024-11-22 PHP version history (6 changes)0.1PHP >=5.6 1.0.0-betaPHP >=7.2 1.15.0PHP >=7.3 1.18.7PHP >=7.4 2.0.0-RCPHP >=8.1 2.16.0PHP >=8.2 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/39854?v=4)[Mark Scherer](/maintainers/dereuromark)[@dereuromark](https://github.com/dereuromark) --- Top Contributors [![dereuromark](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/39854?v=4)](https://github.com/dereuromark "dereuromark (1040 commits)")[![dakota](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/83255?v=4)](https://github.com/dakota "dakota (19 commits)")[![LordSimal](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9105243?v=4)](https://github.com/LordSimal "LordSimal (12 commits)")[![challgren](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/88909?v=4)](https://github.com/challgren "challgren (9 commits)")[![o0h](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/907122?v=4)](https://github.com/o0h "o0h (6 commits)")[![raul338](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7199046?v=4)](https://github.com/raul338 "raul338 (5 commits)")[![andrii-pukhalevych](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3767063?v=4)](https://github.com/andrii-pukhalevych "andrii-pukhalevych (4 commits)")[![saeideng](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8215801?v=4)](https://github.com/saeideng "saeideng (4 commits)")[![markusramsak](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6324059?v=4)](https://github.com/markusramsak "markusramsak (3 commits)")[![hacheraw](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10481749?v=4)](https://github.com/hacheraw "hacheraw (3 commits)")[![skie](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/130799?v=4)](https://github.com/skie "skie (3 commits)")[![ADmad](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/142658?v=4)](https://github.com/ADmad "ADmad (2 commits)")[![DBnR1](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16005931?v=4)](https://github.com/DBnR1 "DBnR1 (2 commits)")[![Harfusha](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47174548?v=4)](https://github.com/Harfusha "Harfusha (2 commits)")[![ramondantas-cp](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/156222208?v=4)](https://github.com/ramondantas-cp "ramondantas-cp (2 commits)")[![josbeir](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/26058?v=4)](https://github.com/josbeir "josbeir (1 commits)")[![NickBusey](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/280825?v=4)](https://github.com/NickBusey "NickBusey (1 commits)")[![jmfederico](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/237977?v=4)](https://github.com/jmfederico "jmfederico (1 commits)")[![passchn](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/77938819?v=4)](https://github.com/passchn "passchn (1 commits)")[![PhantomWatson](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1965565?v=4)](https://github.com/PhantomWatson "PhantomWatson (1 commits)") --- Tags annotationsautocompletioncakephpcakephp-pluginide-helpersupport-annotationstypehintingcliphpdocautocompletedevidephpstormannotationscakephp ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit Static AnalysisPHPStan Type Coverage Yes ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/dereuromark-cakephp-ide-helper/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/dereuromark-cakephp-ide-helper/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/dereuromark-cakephp-ide-helper) ``` ### Alternatives [barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper Laravel IDE Helper, generates correct PHPDocs for all Facade classes, to improve auto-completion. 14.9k123.0M687](/packages/barryvdh-laravel-ide-helper)[nunomaduro/collision Cli error handling for console/command-line PHP applications. 4.6k331.8M8.5k](/packages/nunomaduro-collision)[cakephp/bake Bake plugin for CakePHP 11211.2M158](/packages/cakephp-bake)[mis/yii2-ide-helper Yii2 IDE Helper, generates correct PHPDocs for all components, to improve auto-completion. 1664.2k3](/packages/mis-yii2-ide-helper)[cnizzardini/cakephp-preloader OPCache Preloader plugin for CakePHP 1234.4k](/packages/cnizzardini-cakephp-preloader)[stolt/lean-package-validator Library and CLI for validating if a project or package has and will have lean releases. 172.4k8](/packages/stolt-lean-package-validator) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)