diff --git a/extensions/php/package.json b/extensions/php/package.json
index ac54a389342c2..d427587cdfb62 100644
--- a/extensions/php/package.json
+++ b/extensions/php/package.json
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@
 			"type": "object",
 			"order": 20,
 			"properties": {
-				"php.builtInCompletions.enable": {
+				"php.suggest.basic": {
 					"type": "boolean",
 					"default": true,
-					"description": "%configuration.builtInCompletions.enable%"
+					"description": "%configuration.suggest.basic%"
 				},
 				"php.validate.enable": {
 					"type": "boolean",
diff --git a/extensions/php/package.nls.json b/extensions/php/package.nls.json
index ca608ff98533d..d03bf87cddee1 100644
--- a/extensions/php/package.nls.json
+++ b/extensions/php/package.nls.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-	"configuration.builtInCompletions.enable": "Enable/disable built-in PHP completions.",
+	"configuration.suggest.basic": "Configures if the built-in HTML language suggestions are enabled. The support suggests PHP globals and variables.",
 	"configuration.validate.enable": "Enable/disable built-in PHP validation.",
 	"configuration.validate.executablePath": "Points to the PHP executable.",
 	"configuration.validate.run": "Whether the linter is run on save or on type.",
diff --git a/extensions/php/src/features/completionItemProvider.ts b/extensions/php/src/features/completionItemProvider.ts
index 544be05374da7..a430aa3f15469 100644
--- a/extensions/php/src/features/completionItemProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/php/src/features/completionItemProvider.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export default class PHPCompletionItemProvider implements CompletionItemProvider
 	public provideCompletionItems(document: TextDocument, position: Position, token: CancellationToken): Promise<CompletionItem[]> {
 		let result: CompletionItem[] = [];
 
-		let shouldProvideCompletionItems = workspace.getConfiguration('php').get<boolean>('builtInCompletions.enable', true);
+		let shouldProvideCompletionItems = workspace.getConfiguration('php').get<boolean>('suggest.basic', true);
 		if (!shouldProvideCompletionItems) {
 			return Promise.resolve(result);
 		}
diff --git a/extensions/php/src/features/hoverProvider.ts b/extensions/php/src/features/hoverProvider.ts
index 08fc13a5df914..1e300e2fccd16 100644
--- a/extensions/php/src/features/hoverProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/php/src/features/hoverProvider.ts
@@ -5,13 +5,18 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-import { HoverProvider, Hover, MarkedString, TextDocument, CancellationToken, Position } from 'vscode';
+import { HoverProvider, Hover, MarkedString, TextDocument, CancellationToken, Position, workspace } from 'vscode';
 import phpGlobals = require('./phpGlobals');
 import { textToMarkedString } from './utils/markedTextUtil';
 
 export default class PHPHoverProvider implements HoverProvider {
 
 	public provideHover(document: TextDocument, position: Position, token: CancellationToken): Hover {
+		let enable = workspace.getConfiguration('php').get<boolean>('suggest.basic', true);
+		if (!enable) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
 		let wordRange = document.getWordRangeAtPosition(position);
 		if (!wordRange) {
 			return;
diff --git a/extensions/php/src/features/signatureHelpProvider.ts b/extensions/php/src/features/signatureHelpProvider.ts
index 25615dface162..b52392cfca4ef 100644
--- a/extensions/php/src/features/signatureHelpProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/php/src/features/signatureHelpProvider.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-import { SignatureHelpProvider, SignatureHelp, SignatureInformation, CancellationToken, TextDocument, Position } from 'vscode';
+import { SignatureHelpProvider, SignatureHelp, SignatureInformation, CancellationToken, TextDocument, Position, workspace } from 'vscode';
 import phpGlobals = require('./phpGlobals');
 
 var _NL = '\n'.charCodeAt(0);
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ class BackwardIterator {
 export default class PHPSignatureHelpProvider implements SignatureHelpProvider {
 
 	public provideSignatureHelp(document: TextDocument, position: Position, token: CancellationToken): Promise<SignatureHelp> {
+		let enable = workspace.getConfiguration('php').get<boolean>('suggest.basic', true);
+		if (!enable) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
 		var iterator = new BackwardIterator(document, position.character - 1, position.line);
 
 		var paramCount = this.readArguments(iterator);