Sublime Text 3 custom PHP auto-completion does not work

Question

Here's the default auto-completion for "switch":

switch (variable) {
case 'value':
    # code...
    break;

default:
    # code...
    break;
}

but I wish to turn it into just:

switch ()
{
    case '':

    break;

    case '':

    break;
}

because I don't like to modify "#code here..." every time.

I navigated to

"C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 2\Packages\PHP"

and opened "switch(-).sublime-snippet" and modified it into:

<snippet>
<content><![CDATA[switch ($0)
{
case '$0':

    break;

case '$0':

    break;
}]]></content>
<tabTrigger>switch</tabTrigger>
<scope>source.php</scope>
<description>switch …</description>

But nothing works. Is there any syntax error?
Or do I modify the wrong file?

MattDMo MattDMo · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-18T19:02:10

If you tagged your question correctly, you modified the wrong file - you need to edit the Sublime Text 3 version. This is a bit more difficult to do directly, since the file is wrapped up in a .sublime-package zip archive. To get around this, install Package Control (if you haven't already), then install the PackageResourceViewer plugin. Open the Command Palette, type prv to bring up the PackageResourceViewer options, select Open Resource, then navigate down to PHP and select the switch(-).sublime-snippet option. Edit it to your liking, save it, and you should be all set.

You probably also want to set your tab stops differently. Try this instead:

<snippet>
    <content><![CDATA[switch ($1)
    {
    case '$2':
        $3
        break;

    case '$4':
        $5
        break;

    ${0:default:}
    }]]></content>
    <tabTrigger>switch</tabTrigger>
    <scope>source.php</scope>
    <description>switch …</description>
</snippet>

Now, you can tab through the different areas, filling in the info as you go, ending up at the bottom with a default option, that you can just hit Delete on to erase if you don't want it. With your original version, after typeing switchTab, you would have ended up with 3 different cursors, one at each of the $0 locations. Check out the snippets reference for more information.

Sublime Text 3 custom PHP auto-completion does not work

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