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PhpStorm Overview

What is PhpStorm?

PhpStorm is a JetBrains IDE designed specifically for PHP development. Out of the box, PhpStorm provides you with intelligent, feature-rich code editing tailored to every aspect of PHP programming – smart coding assistance, reliable refactorings, instant code navigation, built-in developer tools, PHP framework support, and more.

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Enjoy productive PHP and web development with PhpStorm. Take advantage of deep code understanding, top-notch coding assistance, and support for all major tools and frameworks.

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PhpStorm Demo -  Craft high-quality code with intelligent code editing
Whatever task you have at hand, PhpStorm brings smart coding assistance to your fingertips. With tons of useful features and shortcuts for every action, you have all the support you need to focus on what’s essential and enjoy productive PHP development.
PhpStorm Demo - Read codebases with easy navigation
Whether you’re exploring an unfamiliar codebase, digging into legacy code, or working with your own project, PhpStorm helps you navigate project files, code lines, symbol declarations, and usages with ease.
PhpStorm Demo - Upgrade your projects with smart refactoring
Refactor your code quickly and efficiently across the entire codebase. Migrate safely to newer PHP and framework versions. Undo changes in a matter of clicks, and stay confident in the quality and compatibility of your code.
PhpStorm Demo - Delegate even more routine tasks to AI
With PhpStorm, engage in AI-assisted development on your own terms. You can use PhpStorm’s built-in AI-powered service to have entire lines of code suggested without sending any data to external servers and plug into AI Assistant for unlimited AI support with your routine tasks.
PhpStorm Demo - Track down and fix errors with the built-in debugger
Still using var_dump() to see what’s happening inside your PHP program? With PhpStorm’s visual debugger for Xdebug, you can get live debugging data, conditional breakpoints, and step-through insight into code execution with minimal configuration effort required.
PhpStorm Demo - Ensure code quality with support for testing frameworks
Take advantage of PhpStorm’s built-in support for all major PHP testing tools, including PHPUnit and Pest. Have your unit tests generated automatically, assess code coverage at the file or project view, and inspect test results in a dedicated window.
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PhpStorm Pros and Cons

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Pol A.
PA
Backend developer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Best ide for php"
What do you like best about PhpStorm?

I decided to use PHPStorm as my main code editor/ide due its good performance comparing to others code editors like VSCode. The features I like the most are, between others, the code completion, misspelling corrections and code navigation. With them, I learnt a lot about use of PSR, code style and code performance. Also, I am able to refactor old code with more confidence because PHPStorm is in charge of ensuring the changes I've are not broking thinks (rename variables, moving code..) before executing tests. I am also detecting typos in the existing code, finding unused pieces of code, and it's more easy than ever to do code refactors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

The main problem I had with PHPStorm is that it is really slow if you want to code using a remote ssh mount. With an attached ssh mount it is impossible to use some integrations like git, code navigation and others. This feature works better on sublime, where you can work using an ssh mount without the same wast of time than PHPStorm. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JS
Lead Software Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"A must have for PHP development "
What do you like best about PhpStorm?

The IDE actually understands when you are using a PHP5 project or a PHP7 project, thats just amazing, no need to thinker with options that you don't need because flatly aren't available on the version you are using in that specific moment. I dislike PHP, I try to avoid whenever I can but sometimes I have to integrate a server side script and PHP it's the fastest way, whenever I need do that I use PhpStorm, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

Price tag is a little high, still totally worth it, the time saved using a good IDE is worth more than using a free IDE and extra hours per project, pays itself in the long run. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SC
Web Developer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"The best tool for editing PHP"
What do you like best about PhpStorm?

It's just the best tool for editing PHP, it works marvelously, I'm not a fan of PHP myself but PhpStorm makes less annoying having to deal with the PHP side of the website. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

Nothing wrong with the program itself but It's a bit annoying when you refactor something by mistake, I'm not a fan of the default keyboard shortcuts, and yet I'm too lazy to change them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JW
Project Manager
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Phpstorm"
What do you like best about PhpStorm?

I liked how Phpstorm was able to handle code auto completion which made our team to code faster and with less syntax errors. Phpstorm has several built-in tools that aid the developer in doing their work such as git, an ftp client and a plugin system that can be used to extend PhpStorm's functionality. To add on that, Phpstorm is free for students and as such it helped me complete my project with all the features it has available for me to use. Further, Phpstorm is cross platform which means that you can use it on a windows environment or on a linux operating system and get the same user interface and functionality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

It requires one to install Oracle's Java so as to be able to be used by developers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JM
Software Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"PhpStorm - the best among PHP IDE's"
What do you like best about PhpStorm?

I love that PhpStorm isable to highlight PHP syntax correctly thus saving me the time to cross check on the syntax I have written. PhpStorm also provides the best auto completion among IDE's which ensures that you write code faster by helping you complete common programming structures. To add, the user interface has been designed well with the most used features being assigned easy to remember shortcut keys. PhpStorm has got it right by making it easy to setup debugging, a thing that has been hard to setup is now done in one click and therefore debug your application becomes easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

I don't like that PhpStorm consumes alot of memory and this may affect your computer if it doesn't have enough memory capacity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

carlos g.
CG
Web designer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
""Very advanced the PHP IDE good tool to program""
What do you like best about PhpStorm?

The best thing about PHPStorm is the ease with which you can build applications. The design of the machine, the automatic termination, and the resources for the specific resources of the Jetbrains IDE, such as the toolbar for the vehicle code and the user interface, are easy to understand and voice in the future. Enter without software support compositor, docker, Git, Symfony as a plugin... For whatever application or framework you use to program your Web application, it will be compatible with this IDE, embedded terminal to be able to perform the command or directly install or update you can edit the templates used by the IDE when generating classes, interfaces... To be able to remove the annoying comments at the beginning of the code, and comply with the PSR structure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

In my opinion, the key shortcuts were better in Visual Studio or Visual Studio Code. Another thing is that the search sometimes has trouble finding something else your IDE really understands when you are using a PHP5 project or a PHP7 project, that is just amazing, you do not need to think with options that you do not need because it is not available in the version that you are using at that specific moment. I do not like PHP, I try to avoid it whenever I can, but sometimes I have to integrate a server-side script and PHP is the fastest way, whenever I need to make it use PhpStorm. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Stanley D.
SD
Data Engineer
Computer Hardware
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"PHP storm for web development"
What do you like best about PhpStorm?

1. PHP storm gives syntax suggestions, references to the location of classes and files imported in the present code, and allows one to use short commands to create divs and javascript functions.

2. JetBrains offers a year subscription to students to use PhpStorm for free.

3. PHP storm allows me to easily perform git commands and functions directly, such as pushing my current work straight to GitHub Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

PhpStorm is very heavy, takes a lot of time to fully load on my system, and sometimes lags. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Gabriele C.
GC
Account executive
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"The (almost) perfect PHP IDE"
What do you like best about PhpStorm?

PHP Storm is a great IDE for PHP developers, it is full of functionality and it is upgradable with external repos. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

It is heavy on memory, it takes time to open up and index projects. Also, it stores lot of data on your memory to keep indexed your projects. If you have a big workspace it can occupy gigas of space. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SW
Waweru
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"The Most Reliable IDE For PHP Development"
What do you like best about PhpStorm?

PhpStorm is one of the very best PHP IDE that i have used .It has great features starting with the in-built Git feature that allows me to clone my projects in my repository.The code refactoring by PhpStorm is just incredible ,code inspection as you type, intelligent code completion, and code highlighting to make the coding easier and fun..Moreover it supports debugging which enables me to step into my project to hunt down bugs easily and faster Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

I hate that PhpStorm is expensive unlike other IDE which as free Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Internet
CI
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Perfect software for php coding"
What do you like best about PhpStorm?

The software is used for programming in a lot of languages, not only PHP.

I usually program with PHP, but also Jquery, Javascript, html in most part.

In some cases, I loved the integration with some frameworks, like Spring and Laravel.

With laravel, especially, PhpStorm has a lot of iintegration, such as suggestions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

Sometimes, remote server don't work very well. I sugget to frequently update Windows 10 and PhpStorm. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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