PhpStorm - Make blade recognize (and autocomplete) variables - phpstorm

Question

The problem
I'm working on a project, that has a lot of blade-files. But PhpStorm doesn't seem to play nice, with mixing <?php ... ?> and #php ... #endphp.
As you can see here, PhpStorm says that $position_link isn't defined, yet it is just a few lines above (this image serves the purpose of displaying the IDE-warnings/errors):
It's the same problem with $data, but as you can see, on line 98, it doesn't complain. Hmm!
The question
Ideally: How do I make PhpStorm understand this code better?
Next best thing: How do I hide these warnings?
Solution attempt 1: Blade Plugin
I can see that the plugin called 'Blade' is now bundled with PhpStorm.
Solution attempt 2: Googled around
I found a bunch of articles about this:
Type hinting works within php block but not in blade.
My comment: I guess this is the same issue. If PhpStorm thinks the variable doesn't exist, then I assume that it can't autocomplete it either. The solution on that article is to open a new issue. Both linked issues are incomplete.
Make variables autocomplete in the PhpStorm 9 for Blade templates
My comment: This was 6 years ago. I refuse to believe that nothing has happened on this area since. The marked solution is that it isn't supported. The most upvoted is to add this on the line before: #php /** #var $position_link #endphp. But it doesn't work. And even if it did - then it will bloat the code immensely.
Solution attempt 3: <?php instead of #php
I also tried changing this:
#php
$position_link = 'left';
if( App\isset_with_value( $data, 'position_link' ) ){
$position_link = $data->position_link;
}
#endphp
<div class="links-wrapper" style='text-align: {{ $position_link }};'>
with this:
<?php
$position_link = 'left';
if( App\isset_with_value( $data, 'position_link' ) ){
$position_link = $data->position_link;
}
?>
<div class="links-wrapper" style='text-align: {{ $position_link }};'>
... But is still shows the error.
Solution attempt 4: Remove Blade completely
If I just write the whole thing in good ol' PHP, then I get a stylelint error:
I know this is another problem, which has to be solved in my Stylelint-settings. I figured I'd just show that this isn't a solution (for me) either.
My system specs
MacBook Pro 16-inch, 2019
OS: Big Sur, 11.6
PhpStorm version: 2021.2.2 - PS-212.5284.49