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**ret.pvljanda** · April 15, 2020, 8:28am

Hello,

I would like to ask you whether it would be possible to fix PHP syntax highlighting for version 7.4.
New feature: Instead of

class AnotherFoo {}

class FooClass
{

	/**
	 * @var AnotherFoo
	 */
	private $anotherFoo;
}

there are now typed properties:

class AnotherFoo {}

class FooClass
{

	private AnotherFoo $anotherFoo;
}

Sadly, Sublime text is not able to mark “AnotherFoo” type as class/keyword.

Official PHP reference:

Thanks!

Pavel

**jfcherng** · April 15, 2020, 9:18am

If you don’t mind an unofficial one, you can use mine. I have migrated to ST 4 so I am no longer maintaining syntax for ST 3. But this can be the same with the official one (I don’t think ST 3 syntaxes will receive updates).

github.com

jfcherng/my-Sublime-Text-settings/blob/9abfc3168edf2cd5a04e8b03d845155a10d9682c/Packages/PHP/PHP Source.sublime-syntax

%YAML 1.2
---
name: PHP Source
hidden: true
scope: source.php
variables:
  identifier_start: '[[:alpha:]_]'
  identifier: '\b{{identifier_start}}[[:alnum:]_]*\b'
  path: '\\?({{identifier}}\\)*{{identifier}}'
  sql_indicator: \s*(?:SELECT|INSERT|UPDATE|DELETE|CREATE|REPLACE|ALTER)\b
  identifier_annotation: '\b(?:{{path}}|[[:alpha:][:alnum:]_\-]+)\b'

contexts:
  main:
    - include: statements

  statements:
    - include: class
    - include: use-statement
    - match: '(?i)^\s*(interface)\s+({{identifier}})\s*'

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This is the last version which supports ST 3 on my side. It should catch up everything in PHP 7.4 and some PHP 8 things (since PHP 8 is not feature freeze yet).

The official ST 4 should work with PHP 8 once this PR gets merged.

Some extra features about my version:

highlights multiline regex in strings like
I found it useful especially with the x modifier.
highlights Symfony’s annotation (and unknown @XXXXXXX) like
Annotations are different among frameworks so this just never fits everyone.

**ret.pvljanda** · April 15, 2020, 9:05am

Wow, thanks a lot! Works perfect!!

PHP 7.4 typed properties syntax highlighting