diff --git a/php.editor/src/org/netbeans/modules/php/editor/model/impl/MethodScopeImpl.java b/php.editor/src/org/netbeans/modules/php/editor/model/impl/MethodScopeImpl.java
--- a/php.editor/src/org/netbeans/modules/php/editor/model/impl/MethodScopeImpl.java
+++ b/php.editor/src/org/netbeans/modules/php/editor/model/impl/MethodScopeImpl.java
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
     private boolean scanned;
     private MethodDeclaration originalNode;
     private ModelVisitor visitor;
+    private boolean isMagic;
 
     //new contructors
     MethodScopeImpl(Scope inScope, String returnType, MethodDeclarationInfo nodeInfo, ModelVisitor visitor, boolean isDeprecated) {
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@
         assert inScope instanceof TypeScope : inScope.getClass().toString();
         classNormName = inScope.getNormalizedName();
         scanned = true;
+        isMagic = true;
     }
 
     MethodScopeImpl(Scope inScope, BaseFunctionElement element) {
@@ -148,7 +150,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public boolean isMagic() {
-        return PredefinedSymbols.MAGIC_METHODS.contains(getName().toLowerCase());
+        return isMagic || PredefinedSymbols.MAGIC_METHODS.contains(getName().toLowerCase());
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/php.editor/src/org/netbeans/modules/php/editor/verification/MethodRedeclarationHintError.java b/php.editor/src/org/netbeans/modules/php/editor/verification/MethodRedeclarationHintError.java
--- a/php.editor/src/org/netbeans/modules/php/editor/verification/MethodRedeclarationHintError.java
+++ b/php.editor/src/org/netbeans/modules/php/editor/verification/MethodRedeclarationHintError.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 import org.netbeans.modules.csl.api.OffsetRange;
 import org.netbeans.modules.php.editor.model.FileScope;
 import org.netbeans.modules.php.editor.model.FunctionScope;
+import org.netbeans.modules.php.editor.model.MethodScope;
 import org.netbeans.modules.php.editor.model.ModelUtils;
 import org.netbeans.modules.php.editor.model.TypeScope;
 import org.netbeans.modules.php.editor.parser.PHPParseResult;
@@ -128,6 +129,12 @@
     private void checkDeclaredFunctions(Collection<? extends FunctionScope> declaredFunctions) {
         Set<String> declaredMethodNames = new HashSet<>();
         for (FunctionScope functionScope : declaredFunctions) {
+            if (functionScope instanceof MethodScope) {
+                MethodScope methodScope = (MethodScope) functionScope;
+                if (methodScope.isMagic()) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
             if (!isInConditionStatament(functionScope)) {
                 String fullyQualifiedFunctionName = functionScope.getFullyQualifiedName().toString();
                 if (declaredMethodNames.contains(fullyQualifiedFunctionName)) {