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Is it possible to got to PHP method declaration through method call in Sublime Text?

// pressing some keys combination should navigate me
// to the method declaration. If it's defined in some other file,
// the file should be opened.
$foo->doSomething();
Roman Newaza
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Sublime 3 is the answer! It has a goto_definition function build in which works fine as long as you have a project with your source folder added (so that they can get indexed). I use it with scala+lift, PHP, Python.

Per default it is bound to F12 and without project setup it searches only in the actual file.

It was the missing feature to leave Eclipse and Netbeans.

Martin Thoma
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Erik255
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    how do you mean *as long as you have your source folder added*? I'm working on a javascript project that uses mapbox, which in turn uses [leaflet](http://leafletjs.com/).. if i were to download leaflet where do i put it to jump to the leaflet method definitions? – abbood Feb 28 '14 at 13:03
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    `File` -> `Open Folder` and open your code root folder. Everything inside will be indexed. – Erik255 Mar 01 '14 at 10:42
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    `File` -> `Open Folder` is not an option under OSX ST3 (at least in build 3059) – watsonic Jun 19 '14 at 04:39
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    @watsonic You can just select a folder in the standard open dialog. – Nuri Hodges Jul 30 '14 at 19:42
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    you can also simply drag & drop your folder inside sublime and it will be opened in the same way – Max Sep 22 '15 at 10:54
  • How to bound this functionality to `CTRL+LMB`? I like to jump by clicking symbols in code when I get along with libraries I downloaded. – Marecky Jan 12 '18 at 12:43
  • Goto definition does not even work within the same php file. Maybe ST3 does not like PHP? – Tigerware Aug 06 '19 at 17:14
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Update (June 2016): @Erik255's answer is better now that Sublime Text 3 is out. Please upvote his. Since this is currently the accepted answer, these are the steps repeated:

  1. Use "File > Open Folder" or "Project > Add folder to project" (you may need to create a project first)
  2. F12 will jump to any symbol in the project

Original answer:

As of Sublime Text 2, you can use Goto anything (CTRL+R).

(searches only within the current page)

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    Did you mean sublime text 3? This doesn't seem to work in my sublime? – Abe Petrillo Sep 18 '13 at 10:30
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    It does not seem to work to look for definitions of methods from other files in the same project folder, only from the same file. – ogrisel Jan 19 '14 at 15:42
  • This doesn't work for me either. [The other answer by @ogrisel](http://stackoverflow.com/a/21218979/434961) seems to be a working solution. – Batandwa Jul 20 '14 at 08:29
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    Actually Go To Anything is Ctrl-P, which is supposed to search across files, but doesn't seem to work for me. Ctrl-R is Go To Symbol, which I find more useful for finding functions/declarations within the current file. – Puneet Lamba Nov 08 '14 at 13:52
  • You need to type in the function name after the @ symbol and it will work. Don't delete the @ symbol when the dialog pops up after Ctrl + R – Bharat Apr 27 '15 at 03:24
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    After using [F12] to jump to the symbol, you can use [Alt]+[-] to go back. – Alain ANDRE Mar 02 '18 at 14:52
  • Yep - `Alt`+`-` is great because it jumps to your previous cursor position regardless of how you got there. – Jay Mar 02 '18 at 21:11
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There is a CTags package for Sublime Text that makes it possible to use a project level .ctags .tags index file to jump to the definition of the symbol under the cursor by hitting ctrl+t twice: https://github.com/SublimeText/CTags

Martin Thoma
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  • Please note that Sublime Text's Ctags plugin wants the file to be called **.tags** by default, but this can be altered in the plugin settings – Batandwa Jul 20 '14 at 08:35
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There is a great plugin called SublimeCodeIntel with the following features:

  • Jump to Symbol Definition - Jump to the file and line of the definition of a symbol.
  • Imports autocomplete - Shows autocomplete with the available modules/symbols in real time.
  • Function Call tooltips - Displays information in the status bar about the working function.
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For Python,

I added the project to sublime.

I press CTRL+R and then start typing the name of my function. The cursor then points to the beginning of function definition.

Hope this helps.

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