Netbeans 7.4 double quote marks autocomple on new line

Question

In Netbeans 7.4 when you hit Return within a set of double quotes it auto-completes using concatenation syntax. i.e.

How can I switch this off?

Answer 1

I ran into this problem as well, and boy is it annoying.

The following answer applies to both NetBeans 7 and 8:

• Within NetBeans: Under the top menu (in NetBeans,) click Tools -> Options
• In the pop-up window, go to: Editor -> Code Completion (tab)
• Uncheck Use String Auto-Concatenation after Types Break, located at the very bottom

Answer 2

Tools -> Options -> Editor -> Code Completions -> Language: PHP -> Quotes Completion: -> Use Smart Quotes (" and ') Completion.