Propel ORM - Iterating over data from find() does NOT hint to getters

Question

It's one of those things that annoys me.

I retrieve data using find() method, and iterate using foreach :

$ladies = ValentineQuery::create()->find();

foreach ($ladies as $maybe) 
{
    echo $maybe->getSeconddate();  //<-- DOES NOT AUTO HINT AT GETTER METHODS!!! arg
}

getSeconddate() actually works fine but does not auto hint at available getters.

If I usefindPk() method, my IDE will auto hint at the getters.

Anyone having same issues? I hope it's just my editor.

Propel 1.7, PhpStorm 4.0.3, PHP 5.3 on WIN7

Answer 1

One of these PHPDoc comments will do the job for you (if you do not mind little bit of manual type hinting, of course):

/** @var MyClass[] $ladies */
$ladies = ValentineQuery::create()->find();

/** @var MyClass $maybe */
foreach ($ladies as $maybe) 
{
    /** @var MyClass $maybe */
    echo $maybe->getSeconddate();  //<-- DOES NOT AUTO HINT AT GETTER METHODS!!! arg
}

For more automated stuff (so that you do not have to place such type hints everywhere), check PHPDocs for those methods -- maybe it will be possible to place them there (e.g. @return MyClass[]) .. or via @method tag in the class PHPDoc (it all depends on how it's implemented -- cannot say for sure as I'm not good with Propel at all).