"Go to declaration" does not work in Netbeans PHP

Question

Some of my defined classes are not loaded by the IDE when I call Ctrl+B, Go to declaration, Ctrl+click.

I'm using Windows 7, NetBeans, PHP 7.0.1

My classes are defined under <project-root>/foloder00/folder01/folder02/MyClass.php

I call MyClass <project-root>/index.php

Do you know what the problem is? And the workaround?

Sometimes clearing the cache in %USERPROFILE%\.netbeans\7.0\var\cache folder helps. — meze, Dec 03 '11 at 18:22
Note that the suggestion by @meze will likely cause a rescan of your project, which may take some time. — Levi Morrison, Dec 03 '11 at 18:29
Could you give us the path to the file where it won't load the definition, the path to the definition, and where your project root is at? We need all that to diagnose this. — Levi Morrison, Dec 03 '11 at 18:31
This happens to me after some time working within a project. I simply delete the nbproject folder and create the project once again. It works, but it's not a very cool solution. Maybe there is a better way? — Sgoettschkes, Dec 03 '11 at 18:31
@Levi The path where definition doesn't work is at ``. The path for the definition is in my question. — Nam G VU, Dec 04 '11 at 09:18
@Boo I tried to re-create the `nbproject` too - it didn't work though — Nam G VU, Dec 04 '11 at 09:24
@NamGiVU FYI, the comment that you left for me didn't show up in my user page. I'm going to assume the the reason it didn't is because you didn't use my full username. — Jonathan Spooner, Dec 08 '11 at 23:30
See also http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6884846/netbeans-7-wont-navigate-to-declaration-with-multiple-projects-registered — Matt Browne, Apr 18 '14 at 15:50

score 32 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 19 '13 at 09:55

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As suggested by Nam, it is cache related. So another approach could be to delete the cache:

Close NetBeans
Delete cache folder (by default, on Linux it is located in /home/USER/.cache/netbeans)
Open the project and wait for the scanning project task to finish.

edited Mar 19 '13 at 09:55

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answered Sep 27 '12 at 09:01

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Still an issue with NetBeans 8.0.2. Cache location is shown at "Help-> About" – Álvaro González Jul 21 '15 at 19:19
I'm using IE8.2 can I delete all everthing in cach fold? – DMS-KH Nov 04 '15 at 15:08
Windows..... User directory: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\NetBeans\8.2............. Cache directory: C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\NetBeans\Cache\8.2 – Vincent Tang Sep 23 '17 at 15:48
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deleted cache, rescanned projects, problem persists – emfi Jan 23 '19 at 21:20

score 16 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 24 '14 at 00:12

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Deleting the Netbeans cache and letting Netbeans rebuild the cache after start fixes the 'go to declaration' issue, as suggested by others.

On Windows 7 with Netbeans 8.0 the path to the cache is

c:\Users{username}\AppData\Local\NetBeans\Cache\

answered Sep 24 '14 at 00:12

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score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 04 '11 at 09:23

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I found a workaround for myself. Share with you in case you might need it like me.

Project Property - Include Path - Add the location of the containing folder where it doesn't work/isn't loaded.

Cheers

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answered Dec 04 '11 at 09:23

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When you add an include path folder or remove the project, it causes rebuilding cache, so 99% go to declartion will stop working in the future again :) – meze Dec 04 '11 at 10:23
delete the cache folder is the only way – Gabriele F. Oct 02 '14 at 09:40

score 4 · Answer 4 · edited Nov 21 '19 at 09:47

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For Linux users to delete cache:

rm -fR /home/[user]/.cache/[netbeans_version]

Then restart NetBeans.

edited Nov 21 '19 at 09:47

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answered Feb 25 '14 at 15:45

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For me, it was: rm -rf /home/*user*/.cache/netbeans/*version*/ (no underline at the end) – Antônio Medeiros Aug 19 '19 at 17:46

score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 04 '14 at 19:44

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Go to Tools->Options-> click on PHP Icon on top -> General tab -> find "Global include path" -> Add Folder ->

if(onLinux) { choose /var/www; } if(onWindows) { choose c:\path_to_htdocs or whatever; }

Ah, too much programming for today.. :)

For me, this repaired autocompletion and ctrl+click on method call.

answered Oct 04 '14 at 19:44

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In Netbeans (my version is 12.1): Tools->Options->PHP Icon->General and add the project folder in "Global include path". – Anthony Van Tonder Feb 09 '22 at 09:30

score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 22 '15 at 22:54

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I had the same problem with Netbeans 8.0.2.

Clearing the cache had no effect then I noticed the syntax coloring was not working either. The issue was the abbreviated comment tag was not recognized <? and when I changed it to <?php then syntax coloring and Ctrl-B worked again.

answered Jan 22 '15 at 22:54

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You need to enable the *Allow short tags ()* option in the project properties. – Álvaro González Jul 21 '15 at 19:18
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Do this : Go to Tools->Options-> click on PHP Icon on top -> General tab -> find "Global include path" -> Add Folder -> Apply (Like TomoMiha said) – tziuka Feb 16 '16 at 11:32
So strange... changing my tags from – Sean Kendle Aug 09 '16 at 19:15

score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 09 '17 at 17:31

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I resolved this issue deleting the nbproject directory on my project.

After deleteting this directory, just restart your ide. It'll start going to declarations, functions and classes again.

answered Jan 09 '17 at 17:31

Carlos Garcia

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score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Feb 28 '15 at 12:26

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If You working with Drupal in NetBeans and have the same ctrl+click (Go to declaration) issue:

Add/associate *.module, *.inc extensions as text/x-php5 files (NetBeans > Options > Miscellaneous > Files).
Close NetBeans.
Clear NetBeans cache (as described above).
Open the project and wait for the scanning project task to finish.

answered Feb 28 '15 at 12:26

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Thank you very much, this did the trick. I had been battling "go to declaration" problems since upgrading to Netbeans 8, and was *this close* to moving to another IDE. Oddly enough the autocomplete wasn't affected. My guess is the improved autocomplete for class and interface inheritance added in the 8.x branch gummed up the works somehow, as manually specifying the file types wasn't necessary in 7.x. – mesch Mar 09 '15 at 21:33

score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Nov 06 '18 at 09:13

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In windows system, we cannot see the AppData folder directly. So we need to browse the below given path to delete the Netbeans cache: C:\Users{username}\AppData\Local\NetBeans Delete the cache folder. If it still doesn't work then delete the sub-folders inside C:\Users{username}\AppData\Roaming\NetBeans\8.2\var Then reopen your netbeans and let it scan projects.

answered Nov 06 '18 at 09:13

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Or just type/paste `%AppData%` in the start menu. – Álvaro González Nov 06 '18 at 15:28

Muhammad Nabeel Arif · Answer 10 · 2012-10-12T18:51:50.067

I encountered the same problem on Mac, I solved it by deleting netbeans cache directory:

Close netbeans, Find and delete Cache directory of netbeans, it will solve your problem:
Replace '7.1.2' with your installed version of Netbeans, in directory paths given below.

MAC:
Remove following directory:

 ~/.netbeans/7.1.2/var/cache/

command:rm -rf ~/.netbeans/7.1.2/var/cache/ enter image description here

Windows XP:
Remove following directory:

C:\Documents and Settings\(user)\.netbeans\7.1.2\var\cache

Windows Vista / 7:
Remove following directory:

C:\Users\(user)\.netbeans\7.1.2\var\cache

Linux:
Remove following directory:

.netbeans/7.1.2/var/cache

LINK:Here is detailed discussion about the issue

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Jun 21 '13 at 05:18

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For me Ctrl + Click does not work when I choose 'Put NetBeans metadata into a separate directory' when doing PHP in Netbeans 7.3.1 on Ubuntu

answered Jun 21 '13 at 05:18

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score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Feb 21 '17 at 15:39

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I had the same problem on ubuntu 16.04 and I solved it doing what was written here

Edit netbeans.conf (on Ubuntu 16.04 /etc/netbeans.conf)
Add the --cp:p /usr/share/java/jcodings.jar to netbeans_default_options

answered Feb 21 '17 at 15:39

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score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Apr 11 '17 at 18:09

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I had the same problem and resolved by installing JRE

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre8-downloads-2133155.html

answered Apr 11 '17 at 18:09

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score 0 · Answer 14 · answered Mar 06 '18 at 14:34

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For me, deleting the Cache didn't work. Deleting and recreating the project did.

For what it's worth, my Cache directory lives here:

C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\NetBeans\Cache

I'm using NetBeans 8.1 in Windows 7.

answered Mar 06 '18 at 14:34

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score 0 · Answer 15 · answered Jun 07 '19 at 06:42

For me, deleting the Cache folder did not work.

Then i realized that the source files that i have opened in NetBeans, were not included as part of a project. So i went ahead and selected: File > Open Project > chose the original project folder in my htdocs (XAMPP).

Then the declaration mapping worked like a charm. Hope it helps someone out there.

score 0 · Answer 16 · answered Jun 17 '19 at 03:53

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I got the same issue in Netbeans 11.0. My OS is Ubuntu 18.04. I solved the issue by clearing the cache of netbeans. Cache path of Netbeans 11 is

/home/USER/snap/netbeans/common/cache/11.0

answered Jun 17 '19 at 03:53

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score 0 · Answer 17 · edited Jul 31 '19 at 07:03

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Go to Tools->Options-> click on PHP Icon on top -> General tab -> find "Global include path" -> Add Folder -> .

This worked for me on netbeans 11 also

edited Jul 31 '19 at 07:03

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boyan · Answer 18 · 2022-12-19T09:53:22.680

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I am with netbeans 8.2. My project was recognized by netbeans as a nodejs project, and my right click->properties looked different: netbeans -> nodejs project properties

I changed it to a php project, and ctrl+click (go to declaration) started to work

edited Dec 19 '22 at 09:53

answered Dec 19 '22 at 09:52

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score -1 · Answer 19 · answered Dec 02 '20 at 06:27

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OS Linux Centos 7 Netbeans 8.0.2 Problem solved Project Properties / Code Assistance Check property Extra Source Files

answered Dec 02 '20 at 06:27

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score -1 · Answer 20 · answered May 05 '22 at 08:08

For me nothing worked. I was not able to go to some functions of my models whereas some others worked well. I realize that changing the function name was the solution : i had the same function name in other models, and netbeans can't find the good one (well asking would be the best solution). After modification with a unique function name, all is ok

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