$this in PHP template engine

Question

PHP

There is a page - a template on purePHP
It is drawn by inclusion in some class method

<?php
class SomeClass {

     public function count() { return 0; }
}

class OtherClass {

   /**
    * @var SomeClass
    */
   protected $var1;

   function __construct() {
      $this->var1 = new SomeClass;
   }

   function showCount() {
       include('showCount.phtml');
   }
}


$x = new OtherClass;
$x->showCount();

?>

The showCount.phtml file contains the following content

<?php

// note : $this instanceof OtherClass
echo $this->var1->count();

?>

Question: How can I help the IDE enable Code Completion inside the showCount.phtml file for the $this variable, which in this context is an entity of the OtherClass class?

---

My option is this:

<?php

/**
 * @var OtherClass
 */
$that = $this;

echo $that->var1->count(); // подсказки работают
?>

Answer 1

Try

@var OtherClass $this

Answer 2

So, and what's wrong with this option, I use it myself.

Answer 3

Question: How can I help the IDE enable Code Completition

Generally depends on the IDE, Eclipse and NetBeans understand:
/* @var $name \class\name */