I was able get autocomplete to work correctly within Netbeans 7.0 (final).
Instructions:
1. Create a new directory inside nbproject (I used this since it’s omitted when pushing to prod) with your name of choice, I used “CI_Autocomplete”.
2. Create a new file with your name of choice, I used “CI_Autocomplete_2.0.php”, and place it inside the newly created folder, “nbproject\CI_Autocomplete”.
3. Paste the below code inside the new file, “CI_Autocomplete_2.0.php”. File content courtesy of http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/180079/.
<?php
/**
* @property CI_DB_active_record $db
* @property CI_DB_forge $dbforge
* @property CI_Benchmark $benchmark
* @property CI_Calendar $calendar
* @property CI_Cart $cart
* @property CI_Config $config
* @property CI_Controller $controller
* @property CI_Email $email
* @property CI_Encrypt $encrypt
* @property CI_Exceptions $exceptions
* @property CI_Form_validation $form_validation
* @property CI_Ftp $ftp
* @property CI_Hooks $hooks
* @property CI_Image_lib $image_lib
* @property CI_Input $input
* @property CI_Language $language
* @property CI_Loader $load
* @property CI_Log $log
* @property CI_Model $model
* @property CI_Output $output
* @property CI_Pagination $pagination
* @property CI_Parser $parser
* @property CI_Profiler $profiler
* @property CI_Router $router
* @property CI_Session $session
* @property CI_Sha1 $sha1
* @property CI_Table $table
* @property CI_Trackback $trackback
* @property CI_Typography $typography
* @property CI_Unit_test $unit_test
* @property CI_Upload $upload
* @property CI_URI $uri
* @property CI_User_agent $user_agent
* @property CI_Validation $validation
* @property CI_Xmlrpc $xmlrpc
* @property CI_Xmlrpcs $xmlrpcs
* @property CI_Zip $zip
*/
class CI_Controller {};
/**
* @property CI_DB_active_record $db
* @property CI_DB_forge $dbforge
* @property CI_Config $config
* @property CI_Loader $load
* @property CI_Session $session
*/
class CI_Model {};
?>
4. Now go to (this is for OSX so not sure if it’s the same for Windows) File > Project Properties (projectname) > PHP Include Path and include the new folder you created above, nbproject\CI_Autocomplete.
5. Restart your project and autocomplete “should” work.
